WASHINGTON: Another US military service member has died from wounds sustained during Iran’s initial counter-attack a week ago, bringing the number of US troops killed in action so far in the war with Iran to seven, the US military said on Sunday.
“Last night, a US service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East. The service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on US troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1,” US Central Command said in a statement.
It said the service member’s identity will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.
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Another US military service member dies in Iran operations, bringing total to 7
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Another US military service member dies in Iran operations, bringing total to 7
- The service member’s identity will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification
Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors’s bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation’s coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday.
The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine in the Indian Ocean while it was returning from a naval exercise organized by India, amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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