Syria

U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria have come under attack by Iranian-backed proxies 55 times in the last month.

The United States launched more airstrikes against facilities used by terrorist organizations.

Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah has allegedly blamed the United States for the escalating tension on the Gaza Strip.

The Pentagon confirmed that U.S. bases in the Middle East were hit four times by Iranian-backed groups.

Several hundred terrorist sympathizers stormed a military base where U.S. troops were housed in Turkey Sunday, cause Turkish police to use tear gas and a water cannon to diffuse the potentially violent crowd just ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to Reuters.

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called for the United States military to close its bases in Iraq and Syria amid terrorist attacks on American troops.

The Pentagon declared that it was sending 300 more troops to the Middle East amid attacks against U.S. bases.

United States fighter jets conducted airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria.

A Pentagon official said they are concerned "about the escalation" of attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria.

On October 7, 2023, the fundamentalist Islamist organization Hamas committed an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,400 Israelis.