Eleven U.S. soldiers were injured in Iran's attack on Aïn Al-Assad air base in western Iraq last week, contrary to what President Donald Trump had announced, a reported, Thursday, January 16, the central command of the US Army.
"Although no member of the United States armed forces was killed in the January 8 Iranian attack on Aïn Al-Assad air base, several of them were treated for concussion symptoms due to the explosion and are still being assessed ", said Commander Bill Urban in a statement.
Precautionary measure
"In the days following the attack, as a precaution, certain members of the personnel were transported from the air base of Ain Al-Assad, in Iraq, to the regional medical center in Landstuhl, in Germany, others have been sent to Arifjan camp in Kuwait for a follow-up examination ", the spokesperson for the US central command said on Thursday.
During the night of January 7-8, Tehran launched missiles against the bases of Ain Al-Assad (west) and Erbil (north), where some of the 5,200 American soldiers are stationed, in retaliation for the elimination of Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani. "No American was injured in last night's attacks"said U.S. President Donald Trump shortly afterwards in a televised speech.
