Iran strike on U.S. base in Saudi Arabia injures 12 troops, U.S. official says: Reuters

Iran strike on U.S. base in Saudi Arabia injures 12 troops, U.S. official says: Reuters


TOPSHOT – Women walk past a ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on February 11, 2026, during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

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Twelve U.S. troops were wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian military strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday.

The latest casualties add to the more than 300 U.S. military service members who have been wounded since the war against Iran started on February 28. Earlier on Friday, the U.S. military said 273 of them had already returned to duty.

Thirteen U.S. troops have been killed in the conflict.

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