Three US soldiers killed in Middle East
No details have been announced about where or under what conditions the deaths took place
Three American soldiers had been killed during operations in the Middle East. No details have been announced about where or under what conditions the deaths took place.
President Donald Trump warned when announcing the operation early Saturday that U.S. service members could die, saying, “That often happens in war.”
Trump said he will “be talking” to Iranian leaders but was vague on the timing and noted that much of the country’s leadership is dead.
“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should have done it sooner,” Trump is quoted as saying by The Atlantic, a US magazine. “They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.”
Asked when talks might take place, Trump says, “I can’t tell you.”
Deaths are also mounting in Gulf states where Iran has been firing since the war began, raising the possibility that other countries could get involved as Iran widens its targets beyond U.S. bases. Iranian missiles and drones have hit sites in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, damaging a luxury hotel, ports, oil infrastructure and other locations.
The UAE said on Sunday that three people had been killed there. It said its military had intercepted 500 Iranian drones and 150 ballistic missiles.
On Sunday, former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, an anti-Israeli hardliner who may have been plotting an attempt to take power, was reported to have been killed as well.
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