US Military

Japan, US to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Japan and the US aim to compile a joint military plan for a possible Taiwan emergency that includes deploying missiles.
2024-11-25 09:02
US boosts Fiji military ties in ‘historic’ visit

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – The United States and Fiji have started talks aimed at strengthening military ties between Washington and the Pacific island nation, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday, concluding a trip to the Indo Pacific.
2024-11-23 14:01
US to send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, US officials said Tuesday as Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
2024-11-20 19:58
Yemeni gov. spox:

US-British strikes will not stop Yemen’s anti-Israel ops

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – The spokesperson for Yemen's government has downplayed the US-British strikes on his country, saying they will not stop Sana’a from conducting operations in support of Palestine and Lebanon.
2024-10-04 23:38
US Media:

US military failed to punish Iraq, Afghanistan war criminals

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – An American magazine has published an article that shows how the US military failed to hold to account its service members involved in possible war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan during Washington’s so-called war on terror.
2024-09-13 13:00
US Navy plans to invest $11.5 billion in 4 new ships

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The United States Navy (US Navy) is preparing to award a new contract for the construction of four new amphibious assault ships, with an estimated value of $11.5 billion.
2024-08-22 10:58
Several US troops injured after their base in Syria attacked

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Several US and coalition personnel were wounded in a drone attack on Friday in Syria, according to an American official.
2024-08-11 08:08
Three dead in Texas crash of US military helicopter

TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – National Guard helicopter assigned to patrol duty along the US-Mexico border crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two soldiers and a US Border Patrol agent who were aboard and injuring another soldier.
2024-03-09 10:11
Iraqi Resistance targets US military base amid Gaza crisis

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq launched a retaliatory strike on the American military base in Ain al-Asad, marking another targeted response linked to the Zionists genocidal onslaught in Gaza.
2023-12-15 14:59
Rocket attack targets US military base in Syria

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Media sources reported on Sunday that the American base in northeastern Syria came under attack rocket attack.
2023-12-03 15:46
Israel trying to provoke Hezbollah, draw US into a wider war

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – US President top adviser has arrived in occupied lands for talks with senior Zionist officials to stop Israeli provocations against the Hezbollah Resistance movement and prevent a war in Lebanon that could embroil Washington.
2023-11-21 14:40
US Ain al-Asad, al-Harir airbases targeted in Iraq

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – News sources reported that the United States' Ain al-Asad and al-Harir airbases in Iraq have come under attack.
2023-11-12 10:20
US bases in Iraq, Syria targeted again

TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – The illegal bases in Iraq and Syria have been targeted again in response to Washington's support for Tel Aviv in its crime against Palestinians residing in Gaza.
2023-11-04 09:00
US bases in Iraq, Syria attacked with drones, rockets

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria are in response to the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
2023-10-26 19:52
Two US military bases reportedly attacked in Syria

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iraqi media sources reported that two American bases came under drone attack in Syria.
2023-10-23 15:07
Iraqi PM says;

No need for foreign combat forces presence in Iraq

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has reiterated the Arab country's position of rejecting the presence of foreign forces on its soil.
2023-09-22 12:20
US forces in Syria smuggle 95 tankers’ worth of crude oil

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – US forces in Syria reportedly smuggled a combined 95 tankers’ worth of crude oil out of the country using two different convoys over the weekend.
2023-09-11 09:40
Syrian foreign ministry:

US, allied terrorist groups continue to loot Syria’s wealth

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Syria says the United States and its allied Takfiri terrorist groups continue to violate the country's sovereignty and plunder its wealth and strategic natural resources.
2023-09-11 08:14
Syrian FM:

Illegal presence of US, Turkish forces will eventually end

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has stressed that the American and Turkish illegal military presence in the Arab country will eventually end.
2023-09-04 15:30
Three US marines killed in Australia helicopter crash

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Three US marines have been killed and 20 injured after a military helicopter crashed during exercises in Australia.
2023-08-27 08:35
US-made speedboat destroyed off Ukrainian coast: Moscow

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Russian forces have destroyed a US-made military speedboat carrying a Ukrainian amphibious team in the northern part of the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday.
2023-08-22 17:45
US, Turkey plan to relocate Syrian armed groups to SE

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Turkey and the United States have reportedly planned to move a part of Syrian militia groups to the southeast from the northwest.
2023-08-13 16:30
US Space Force concentrating 75% of intel on China, Russia

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The US Space Force is concentrating 75 percent of its intelligence-gathering on China and Russia to keep tabs on their rapidly-evolving armed forces, according to the service’s senior officer.
2023-08-09 19:00
US seeks to turn Afghanistan into critical region: envoy

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi says that the continuation of instability in Afghanistan is important for the US, adding that Washington is trying to turn this country into a critical area for its neighbors.
2023-08-09 16:50
Yemen's Ansarullah member:

US military presence threatens regional security

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – A senior member of Yemen's Ansarullah Movement emphasized that the US military presence on the coast of Yemen is a danger to the entire region and must end.
2023-08-09 11:40
Americans' trust in US military lowest in two decades: Poll

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Public confidence in the US military has been constantly in decline over the past five years and it is now at its lowest level in two decades, a recent opinion poll says.
2023-08-01 09:10
US convoy comes under attack in Iraq's al-Diwaniyah

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – A logistics convoy belonging to the US Army was targeted in Iraq's al-Diwaniyah, local sources reported on Monday morning.
2023-07-31 10:00
US military dispatches 30 trucks to Syria's Hasakah

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – As part of Washington’s attempts to further plunder oil reserves and natural resources in Syria, US military has dispatched truckloads of ammunition and logistical equipment to the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah.
2023-07-23 12:30
China warns US against attempts to threaten its sovereignty

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – China's foreign ministry spokeswoman reacted to reports of approaching a Chinese fighter jet to a US military plane last week, warning the US to stop provoking China.
2023-05-31 18:30
Sound of explosions heard near US base in E Syria

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – The sound of three explosions was heard on Tuesday near a US illegal base in eastern Syria.
2023-05-30 17:10