ALBAWABA - Alongside the 16 dead U.S. service members, Washington is racking up non-lethal casualties as well, reaching triple digits since the start of the war, CNN reported.
About 100 American service members have suffered various levels of injury since July 7, the Pentagon announced in a statement.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Defense Ministry added that the majority of the injuries suffered by soldiers were "minor concussions," but CNN said on Monday that the U.S. military has been slow to disclose injuries in order to protect them.
On July 17, Iran launched a deadly attack on an American military base in Jordan, leading to the killing of two service members. Another one went missing while four were injured.
As Iran declares itself in a "full-scale war" against the U.S., it’s backing it up with incessant bombardment of U.S. bases, racking up deaths and casualties for the American side since the war’s start.
War casualties are not likely to decrease as the war drags on; aside from the dead and injured, countries and people are just as much suffering from the economic effects of the war, with Yemen's Houthis' maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia from the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait alongside the already blocked no-man's land Strait of Hormuz.
Reports indicate that Southeast Asian nations are hit hardest by the closure of the straits as the region gets 60 percent of its energy from them, with the Philippines declaring a state of emergency due to fuel shortages; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued a joint statement regarding the war:
"We are deeply concerned that these developments severely undermine the ongoing efforts of key mediators and diminish the prospects for a peaceful resolution through dialogue and diplomacy."
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is set to appear before lawmakers in the U.S. Congress for the first time since the start of the war.
