10 Americans injured in Iranian attack on Saudi air base
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- Ten U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, with two seriously and eight seriously injured under military classification.
- Over 300 American service members have been wounded in the ongoing conflict with Iran, with 13 fatalities since the war began, including deaths from previous attacks on Prince Sultan Air Base and other locations.
- Prince Sultan Air Base, about 60 miles from Riyadh and operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force alongside the U.S. Air Force's 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, has been targeted multiple times in recent weeks amid Iranian retaliatory strikes on U.S.-allied Gulf states.
- An earlier attack on the base this week injured 14 people, though the severity and nationalities of those injured were not disclosed, with U.S. officials describing it as less severe than the recent strike.
