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US-Iran-Israel War Live: Iran attacks Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia; 15 US soldiers injured

  
  
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  US-Israel-Iran War: The number of Americans injured in the ongoing war between Iran and the US has crossed 300 and more than two dozen soldiers have been injured in attacks on an air base in Saudi Arabia this week. Iran attacked the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia with 6 ballistic missiles and 29 drones, in which at least 15 soldiers have been injured, 5 of them are said to be in critical condition. US officials had initially said that 10 soldiers were injured, two of them seriously, but now this figure has increased. Meanwhile, more US troops are being sent to the Middle East and the US Central Command said on Saturday that a ship carrying about 2,500 Marines has arrived in the region. The Pentagon has not yet given any official response to the damage to the Saudi base and the injuries of the soldiers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the phone and discussed the tense situation in the Middle East. Prime Minister Modi strongly condemned the attacks on energy installations in the region. The two leaders discussed the current situation seriously and stressed the need to maintain peace in the region. Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif spoke to Iranian President Massoud Pazakhstan for about an hour on the phone. According to media reports, during this long conversation, the two leaders discussed ways to restore peace in the region and the current situation. Shahbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attacks on Iran by Israel and expressed his solidarity with Tehran. The ongoing war between the US and Israel against Iran in West Asia has completed one month today. President Donald Trump has outlined five objectives that the US wants to achieve before ending its war with Iran. Now, a month into the conflict, they have signaled that the US may soon end the operation, even though some of its key objectives remain unfulfilled. Meanwhile, the war in the Middle East took a dangerous turn on Friday when Iran launched missile strikes on a key US air base in Saudi Arabia. At least 10 US soldiers were injured, two of them seriously, in the attack on Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Air Base, US officials said. Several US refueling planes were also badly damaged in the attack.
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