U.S. soldiers with the 360th Ordinance Company, assisted by French troops, conduct a controlled denotation at al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Dec 29th, 2023 (Quince Landford/U.S. Army)
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian Army on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, a missile is launched during a military drill in southern Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next to an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo: DOD/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
A handout picture, released by Bahrain's official news agency on Nov. 19, 2021, shows Bahrain's Minister for Defense Affairs Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Nuaimi receiving the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Manama (Photo: AFP)
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, visited U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, April 16, 2023 (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs)
An EA-18G Growler assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron 135 (VAQ-135) “Black Ravens” arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 30, 2018 (Photo: Photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal/379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs)
Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Special Operations and the US-led anti-ISIS coalition, take part in heavy-weaponry military exercises in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, on March 25, 2022. (Photo: Delil So
Airmen with the Security Forces Flight, 443d Expeditionary Squadron, conduct a routine flight line patrol at Al Asad Air Base on July 4, 2021. (Photo: Christie R. Smith/U.S. Army National Guard)