US soldiers dismount from a M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Syria on Nov. 2, 2020.
US soldiers dismount from a M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Syria in November 2020.
  • US forces based in Iraq and Syria went months without being attacked by Iran-backed militias.
  • However, they have been attacked multiple times in recent weeks by these groups.
  • These incidents have injured a number of American service members.

Two separate attacks on US forces based in Iraq and Syria last week injured over a dozen American service members at a particularly tense moment in the Middle East.