Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia, US official says

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

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