More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack

U.S. soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province, Iraq. REUTERS/John Davison

The U.S. military on Monday disclosed a more than 50 per cent jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, with the number of service members diagnosed climbing to over 100.

No U.S. troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury when Iran fired missiles at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad airport on Jan. 3.