Mike Pence delivers remarks to US troops at Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, in 2019.
Mike Pence delivers remarks to US troops at Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, in 2019.
  • US personnel in Iraq are undergoing traumatic brain injury evaluations.
  • The evaluations follow a missile barrage launched by Iran-back militias on the Al-Asad airbase.
  • Regional tensions have been escalating, with this militia's actions mirroring the Houthis' aggression.

US personnel in Iraq are undergoing traumatic brain injury evaluations after Iranian-backed militias launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and rockets at the Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq on Saturday, according to a statement from the US Central Command (CENTCOM).