Mike Brest is a defense reporter at the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the defense beat, he spent two years covering breaking news for the Examiner, and he worked at the Daily Caller in a similar capacity before that. Mike graduated from American University and is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia.
U.S. forces based in Iraq and Syria have been attacked more than a dozen times by Iranian proxies in the Middle East within the last two weeks, according to the Department of Defense.
The attacks over the last week come as the Pentagon has surged U.S. personnel and weaponry to the Middle East amid the growing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Roughly 900 U.S. troops have been deployed or are in the process of being deployed, Ryder added, though they are not going to Israel specifically.
The United States is also providing Israel with the two Iron Dome systems currently in U.S. possession. The system is Israel's primary air defense system for short-range missiles and rocket fire. It has a successful interception rate above 90%, though it can be overwhelmed if enough rockets are fired simultaneously.
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