US Troops

US seeks to build large base near Gaza: report

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – The United States is advancing a plan to build a large military base in the Gaza enclave, a news website citing Israeli officials who were exposed to the plan.

US troops begin arriving in Israel: source

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – US troops began arriving in Israel on Saturday under the pretext of monitoring the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

US govt. shutdown enters 3rd day, expected to last weekend

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (MNA) – The United States government shutdown has entered a third day after the Senate failed to reach a deal on a crucial spending bill before observing Yom Kippur.

Partial US retreat from Iraq not enough: resistance group

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – The Iraqi resistance groups say that the partial US withdrawal from Ain al-Asas airbase is not assuring.

US forces begin withdrawal from Ain al Asad airbase in Iraq

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The withdrawal of US military personnel from the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s Al-Anbar Province has begun, according to local media sources.

3 US states to send national guard troops to Washington

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced on Saturday that they will send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington to reinforce the deployment ordered by US President Donald Trump.

US forces will withdraw from their bases in Iraq: report

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – The international coalition forces led by the United States will withdraw from Ain al-Assad base, Baghdad airport and the Joint Operations Command in Iraq, media claimed on Sunday.

IRGC launches retaliatory missile attack on US base in Qatar

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – IRGC said Monday night that its forces fired a dozen missiles at the US base in Qatar, while air defenses and sirens were activated in Bahrain and Iraq as being reported by media.

US embassy in Iraq prepares to send 1,000 staff home

TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – The US embassy in Baghdad is preparing to return 1,000 employees back to the United States as part of a cost-cutting program.

US delegation to visit Syria for new official military base

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – A US delegation is reportedly going to visit Damascus to gain approval for the construction of a new military base in Syria’s strategic al-Tanf region.

US army evacuates its bases in Syria: media reports

TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Hundreds of American troops have been withdrawn from Syria, according to US officials, evacuvating their bases in the war-torn country.

US to reduce number of troops in Syria by half

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – The US military is set to consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months, two US officials have said.

US sending more troops to border with Mexico

TEHRAN, Mar. 02 (MNA) – The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border.

US mercenary firms to take charge of key Gaza checkpoints

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) –US "private security" contractors will deploy armed guards to Gaza and inspect vehicles of Palestinians returning to their homes in north via an Israeli-installed checkpoint that divides the strip into two parts, a report says.

Fierce clashes continue between US, Turkey-backed groups

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Local media in Syria reported on Sunday new fierce clashes between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed groups in the east of Euphrates.

ISIL terrorists go to Iraq from Syria under US cover

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Sources have told Iraqi media that the US troops have facilitated the transfer of the ISIL terrorists from Eastern Syria into the Iraqi Al Anbar Province.

UN envoy concerned about escalating situation in Syria

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Geir Pedersen has expressed grave concern over the escalating military tensions, particularly the clashes between US-backed SDF and Turkish-backed factions.

US forces to remain in Syria after Assad’s fall: Top official

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – A high-ranking White House official says US military forces will be staying in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government, as part of what he claimed to be a counter-terrorism mission.

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Plan to draw down US troops in Iraq to be announced soon

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Iraqi military sources announced that an agreement to reduce the number of American troops in the country is imminent.

1st phase of American troops withdrawal to begin this year

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iraqi Defense Minister has said that the first phase of withdrawal of American troops from his country will begin later this year and will continue until 2025.

Iraq, US reach agreement on withdrawal of American troops

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement on the withdrawal of the international coalition forces under the command of the United States from Iraq.

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Iraqi Resistance groups agree to resume attacks on US forces

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iraqi Resistance groups have reached an agreement not to compromise with US occupation troops in the Arab country and to resume military operations against the bases accommodating the American forces, according to a report.

US base in eastern Syria comes under rocket attack

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – The illegal US base in Syria's Koniko gas field was once again targeted with rockets.

Two US troops killed in Iraq: army

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – The United States army has said two of its troops have been killed in Iraq.

US bolsters bases in northeastern Syria with Apache copters

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) –The US military is continuing to bolster its bases in Syrian Al-Hasakah province, deploying additional Apache helicopters and military equipment, Syrian sources have said.

Iraq condemns US attack on PMU forces

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Iraq has condemned a United States Tuesday attack on the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) base in Babil province.

US tightening security measures in Ain al-Asad base in W Iraq

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – A security official in Iraq said that the US has tightened security arrangements in its Ain al-Asad military base in Iraq.

Iraqi Islamic resistance targets US Al-Tanf base with drone

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – The Islamic resistance group in Iraq targeted one of the US occupying military bases in Syria's Homs province with a drone on Saturday.

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IRGC warship approached US naval base in recent mission

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Shahid Mahdavi warship approached the US naval base near the Diego Garcia islandduring its recent mission, according to the IRGC Navy commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri.