As many as twelve US service members have been injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia after an Iranian missile struck the facility’s outer compound, reports citing US officials said on Saturday.
According to sources, “as many as 12 US troops have been injured, two of them seriously, in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.”
Sources confirmed that the latest casualties add to the more than 3,000 US military personnel who have been wounded since the start of the war last month.
Prior to the attack, the US military informed reporters that approximately 273 to 300 wounded service members had returned to duty. The Pentagon has confirmed the killing of 13 service members in the war so far.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said that the US attacks are crushing Iran and that “They’re being hit so hard anybody would be negotiating.” However, Iran has so far rejected any claims of seeking a ceasefire or talks amid efforts to prevent the conflict from turning into a global war, as experts have predicted.
“Remember this, they lied,” he said.
“They’re begging to make a deal. Turned out I was right. They were negotiating.”
The US President then claimed Iran had offered to send oil shipments in compensation for misleading the United States about their participation in negotiations.
