{"id":3039,"date":"2026-07-18T21:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2026-07-18T21:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:55:04","slug":"us-military-death-toll-in-iran-war-rises-to-16-after-two-troops-killed-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3039","title":{"rendered":"US military death toll in Iran war rises to 16 after two troops killed in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132486890,imgsize-137493,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/reuters-image.jpg\" alt=\"US military death toll in Iran war rises to 16 after two troops killed in Jordan\" title=\"Iran war has killed 16 US service members as conflict spreads across Middle East (Reuters file photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Iran war has killed 16 US service members as conflict spreads across Middle East (Reuters file photo)\">Iran war has killed 16 US service members as conflict spreads across Middle East (Reuters file photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US military said on Saturday that two additional service members were killed while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in Jordan, taking the total number of American military deaths in the Iran conflict to 16.<!-- --> US Central Command (CENTCOM) also said one US service member is &#8220;currently&#8221; missing following the attack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The latest deaths come as the conflict continues to be fought largely through drones, missiles and air strikes, exposing US forces stationed across the Middle East to Iranian retaliation despite the absence of large-scale ground combat. American troops deployed across the region have increasingly become targets as fighting escalated following the collapse of peace talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>President Donald Trump has said the war is necessary to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. As of Saturday afternoon, he had not issued a statement on the latest casualties. The White House instead circulated the statement released by US Central Command.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The first US fatalities occurred shortly after the war began on February 28, when an Iranian drone strike on a civilian port in Kuwait killed six American soldiers. The troops, from a supply and logistics unit based in Iowa, were working in a shipping container-style building that had no defences.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>A seventh soldier died more than a week after sustaining injuries during an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Prince Sultan Air Base on March 1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Later in March, six more US service members were killed when a KC-135 refuelling aircraft supporting military operations against Iran crashed in Iraq. <!-- -->The aircraft was flying in &#8220;friendly&#8221; airspace when an unspecified incident involving another aircraft occurred, according to CENTCOM.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>On Monday, the US military also announced that a Navy pilot died in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea. The Navy had initially described the July 1 incident as an emergency landing and said there was &#8220;no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action.&#8221; The three other sailors on board were rescued.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>CENTCOM said it was withholding further details, including the identities of the two service members killed in Jordan, until 24 hours after their families had been notified.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The conflict has also claimed heavy casualties beyond the US military. Iranian authorities said at least 50 people have been killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes over the past three weeks, including eight people killed in a strike on a bridge on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The war has also killed civilians and foreign workers across the region, including people working aboard ships and others in Gulf countries, Israel and Lebanon.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/us-military-death-toll-in-iran-war-rises-to-16-after-two-troops-killed-in-jordan\/articleshow\/132486886.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war has killed 16 US service members as conflict spreads across Middle East (Reuters file photo) The US military said on Saturday that two additional service members were killed while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in Jordan, taking the total number of American military deaths in the Iran conflict to 16. 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