U.S. Troops Are Being Attacked Every Other Day in the Middle East

U.S. troops in the Middle East have come under attack close to 400 times, at a minimum, since the outbreak of the IsraelHamas war.

This amounts to roughly one attack every 1.5 days , on average.

The Houthi government and Iranian -backed militias in Yemen have continued to strike at the United States since October 2023 .

President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with the Houthis on Tuesday , claiming they had “capitulated” to the US .

As a presidential candidate, Trump was critical of Biden administration attacks on the Houthis .

Trump said the U.S. was “totally prepared” for Iran to retaliate, which it did by firing 22 ballistic missiles at two American bases in Iraq .

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