More than a third of those attacks have occurred in the last month, marking a clear surge in violence against U.S. forces in the region. ..."If Iran continues to threaten our troops in Syria and Iraq, the right response militarily would be, in my view, to hit the IRGC training bases and infrastructure inside of Iran," Graham said.
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Nearly 60 U.S. troops at military bases in Syria and Iraq have been injured in 56 missile and drone attacks launched in the last month by Iran-backed militant groups, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Militant groups in the region began increasing attacks on U.S. bases in the two countries in mid-October, within two weeks after Hamas militants from Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel that killed hundreds of civilians. Since then, American troops have been targeted dozens of times at bases in Iraq and Syria. ...
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American forces targeted with rockets, drones in Syria, Iraq...A U.S. defense official told Fox News on Thursday that there have now been 46 attacks on American military bases since Oct. 17 – about a week after Hamas launched its war on Israel.
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