Pentagon: Iranian bombing of Ain al-Assad wounded 109 of our soldiers

Of the 109 military personnel who all suffer from "slight concussion," the US Department of Defense said in a statement, 76 (about 70%) have returned to service in their units, including only one being treated at a US military hospital in Germany and the rest treated in Iraq.

As for the remaining military personnel, 27 of them were transferred to a US military hospital in Germany for receiving medical treatment, or for further medical examinations, while the other seven are "on the way to transfer them from Iraq to Germany."

Of the 27 soldiers who have been transferred to Germany to date, one has recovered and returned to service in Iraq, while 21 have been transferred to the United States, while the remaining five are still undergoing further medical examinations in Germany.

At the dawn of January 8, Tehran launched ballistic missiles at Ain al-Assad (west) and Irbil (north) bases, where a number of 5,200 American soldiers are stationed in Iraq, in response to the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force, with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, with an American raid. in Baghdad.

US President Donald Trump stated at the time that "no American was injured" in the strikes.

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ANHA