More than 200 US troops have been wounded in the Middle East since the US and Israel launched the war with Iran on February 28, a US Central Command spokesman said on Monday, as the conflict continues to rage across the region.

More Than 200 US Troops Have Been Injured in Iran War

According to CENTCOM, US troops have been injured in Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE

by Dave DeCamp | March 16, 2026 at 4:58 pm ET | Iran

CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins told The Washington Post that US troops have been wounded in seven countries, including Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, as Iranian missiles and drones have hit targets across the region.

Hawkins said that most injuries happened in the opening days of the war and that some injuries had been reported in the past few days. Last week, the Pentagon acknowledged at least 140 US troops had been wounded, an admission that came only after Reuters reported that the total number of US injuries was as high as 150.

So far, CENTCOM has confirmed that 13 US troops have been killed in the war, including six killed by an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait, one killed by an attack in Saudi Arabia, and six who died when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq. One other US soldier died of an unspecified “medical emergency” in Kuwait.

The message from the Trump administration is that more US casualties are likely to happen and that the death of US servicemembers is a thing that “happens” in war. “War is hell. War is chaos,” US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Friday. “And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC135 tanker, bad things can happen.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/03/16/more-than-200-us-troops-have-been-injured-in-iran-war/

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Iran has attacked Israel and US bases in retaliation, threatened Western countries and Gulf states, and warned that global shipping and energy infrastructure could be at risk, as millions of Iranians mark Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz under the shadow of war.

Separately, the US said it was considering “winding down” the conflict while ruling out a ceasefire, and the United Kingdom has allowed the US to use military bases to carry out attacks on Iranian missile sites.

• Casualties: The war has killed 1,444 people in Iran, including at least 204 children. Air defences were activated over the capital, Tehran, and nearby areas following reports of explosions as the country celebrated the first day of the Persian new year, Nowruz.
• United Kingdom: Iran fired ⁠two ⁠ballistic missiles at the US-UK military base ⁠Diego Garcia in the ⁠Indian Ocean, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Iran will “exercise its right to self-defence” and had warned British lives were in danger after the UK allowed the US to use its bases to launch strikes on Iranian targets.
• 70th wave of attacks: The Iranian armed forces have announced their 70th wave of attacks, launching missiles and drones towards Israel and US bases in the Gulf. This comes as Iran has stepped up its attacks on energy sites across Gulf Arab states in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars natural gasfield.
• Holidays marked amid war: Millions of Iranians marked a rare alignment of Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz (the Persian New Year) under the threat of bombardment. Large crowds gathered at holy sites like the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, with many gatherings turning into anti-Western protests.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/21/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-22-of-us-israel-attacks