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US military in Syria carries out 10 strikes on more than 30 ISIS targets: Photos

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that it had carried out ten strikes against over 30 ISIS targets in Syria, in recent days as part of a joint military effort to «sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist network.»

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CENTCOM said, from Feb. 3 – 12, its forces «struck ISIS infrastructure and weapons storage targets with precision munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aircraft.»

US MILITARY IN SYRIA CARRIES OUT 5 STRIKES AGAINST ‘MULTIPLE ISIS TARGETS’

Recently, CENTCOM forces conducted five strikes against an ISIS communication site, critical logistics node, and weapons storage facilities in Syria between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2.

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Operation Hawkeye Strike targets over 30 ISIS sites following a December ambush that killed US troops.  (CENTCOM)

«Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,» Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, said in a statement at the time.

«Operating in coordination with coalition and partner forces to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS makes America, the region and the world safer,» he added.

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AFTER TRUMP DECLARED ISIS DEFEATED, US FACES NEW TEST AS DETAINEES MOVE AMID SYRIA POWER SHIFT

On Jan. 27, President Trump told reporters he had a «great conversation with the highly respected» President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa. 

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More than 50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured and over 100 ISIS infrastructure targets have been struck. (CENTCOM)

«All of the things having to do with Syria in that area are working out very, very well,» said President Trump. «So we are very happy about it.»

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The Operation Hawkeye Strike mission was launched in response to an ISIS «ambush» attack that left two U.S. service members and an American interpreter dead on Dec. 13, 2025, in Palmyra, Syria.

AFTER TRUMP DECLARED ISIS DEFEATED, US FACES NEW TEST AS DETAINEES MOVE AMID SYRIA POWER SHIFT

«More than 50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured and over 100 ISIS infrastructure targets have been struck with hundreds of precision munitions during two months of targeted operations,» states CENTCOM.

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The Operation Hawkeye Strike mission was launched in response to an ISIS «ambush» attack that left two U.S. service members and an American interpreter dead. (CENTCOM)

On Thursday, CENTCOM announced it has completed its withdrawal of American forces from al-Tanf Garrison in Syria pointing to a broader shift in U.S. posture in the region.

CHAOS IN SYRIA SPARKS FEARS OF ISIS PRISON BREAKS AS US RUSHES DETAINEES TO IRAQ

Photos from u.s. strike in syria hitting over 30 ISIS sites

«Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,» said Adm. Brad Cooper. (CENTCOM)

Operation Inherent Resolve was launched in 2014 to combat ISIS with American troops maintaining a limited presence to support partner forces and prevent ISIS from returning after it was territorially defeated in 2019.

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Fox News Digital’s Ashley Carnahan and Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.

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‘Fiction’: House Republican campaign chair dismisses Democrats’ expanding GOP target map

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EXCLUSIVE – Emboldened congressional Democrats are expanding their battleground map for this year’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin majority in the House.

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But the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman, Rep. Richard Hudson, isn’t buying it.

«I mean, I’ve read fiction my whole life, and I recognize it when I see it,» Hudson said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

Republicans currently control the House 218-214, with two right-tilting districts and one left-leaning seat currently vacant. Democrats need a net gain of just three seats in the midterms to win back the majority for the first time in four years.

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HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON OFFENSE: EXPAND GOP TARGET LIST

An exterior view of the House side of the U.S. Capitol, on Jan. 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week added five more offensive opportunities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina and Virginia to their list of what they consider are vulnerable Republican-held House districts.

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That brings the total number of districts Democrats are hoping to flip to 44. The DCCC notes that all five of the new districts they’re adding to their list of «offensive targets» were carried by President Donald Trump by 13 points or fewer in the 2024 elections.

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«Democrats are on offense, and our map reflects the fact that everyday Americans are tired of Republicans’ broken promises and ready for change in Congress,» DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene emphasized earlier this week.

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And DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital, «In a political environment where Democrats are overperforming by more than 17 points in congressional special elections, it’s pretty clear we’re poised to re-take the majority. Momentum and the American people are on our side while Republicans are running scared.»

Asked about the DCCC’s move, Hudson scoffed.

«They’ve got to have a list they can present to their donors,» he said as he pointed to the DCCC. «But it’s not realistic. I mean, if you look at the map, there are very few seats up for grabs, and the majority of those seats are held by Democrats, but they’re seats that Donald Trump has carried or came very close….if you look at the seats that we’ll be competing for this fall. They’re all favoring Republicans.»

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The House GOP campaign chair added, «If you look at the map, it’s a Republican map. We just got to go out and win those races.»

The move by the DCCC comes as Democrats are energized, despite the party’s polling woes. Democrats, thanks to their laser focus on affordability amid persistent inflation, scored decisive victories in the 2025 elections and have won or over performed in a slew of scheduled and special ballot box contests since Trump returned to the White House over a year ago.

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Republicans, meanwhile, are facing traditional political headwinds in which the party in power in the nation’s capital normally suffers setbacks in the midterm elections. And the GOP is also dealing with Trump’s continued underwater approval ratings.

The latest national surveys, including the most recent Fox News poll, indicate the Democrats ahead of the Republicans by mid-single digits in the so-called generic ballot question, which asks respondents whether they’d back the Democratic or GOP candidate in their congressional district without offering specific candidate names.

Asked about the polls, Hudson said, «We almost never lead in the generic ballot. But a single digit generic ballot, we do very well.»

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And the House GOP campaign chair added he remains «very bullish.»

Cost of living concerns helped boost Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories in 2024, but affordability and overall economic concerns may work against them this year.

While the latest AP/NORC national poll indicated the GOP with a slight advantage over Democrats on handling the economy, a bunch of surveys, including the latest Fox News poll, indicate many Americans feel things are worse off than they were a year ago and remain pessimistic about the economy.

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But on Friday the latest government numbers indicated that inflation eased during January.

And Hudson says the economy is still a winning issue for Republicans.

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Pointing to the numerous tax cuts kicking in this year in the GOP’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Trump signed into law last summer, Hudson touted «we put policies in place that are going to bring prosperity to the American people, and they’re starting to feel it.»

«And as we move into tax season…folks who work overtime, folks who work for tips, they’re going to see a lot more money in their pocket thanks to no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,» he added.

The GOP is also dealing with a low propensity issue: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.

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«Our voters tend to be more working-class voters, and you have to put in extra effort to get them to the polls,» Hudson said. «We know that’s our challenge. President Trump knows that’s the challenge, and he’s committed to helping us.»

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President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to deliver remarks on the economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Pointing to the NRCC’s annual fundraising gala, which Trump will once again headline this year, Hudson said this dinner will be a great kickoff for this year. We raised a whole lot of money with President Trump last year. We plan to raise a lot of money in March with President Trump, and then he’s going to get out on the campaign trail and help us turn out those voters and make that case.»

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Asked about midterm election predictions, Hudson shied away from giving any hard numbers.

«Not going to give you a number, but we’re going to hold the majority,» he predicted. «President Trump was elected with a very specific agenda. We delivered almost his entire domestic agenda, and we’re going to go back to the voters and say promises made, promises kept, and they’re going to keep this House majority.»

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Global protests call for Iran regime change in major cities worldwide after bloody crackdown

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Anti-Iran regime protesters gathered in major cities across the globe on Saturday calling for a leadership change in the Global Day of Action Rally.

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Over 250,000 protesters rallied in Munich, Germany on Saturday on the backdrop of the Munich Security Conference.

«With the number of participants recorded, this gathering is one of the largest rallies held in Munich in recent years,» the Munich Police reported in a press release. «The peaceful atmosphere is particularly noteworthy, despite the high number of participants in the meeting.»

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Crowds reportedly chanted «change, change, regime change» and «democracy for Iran» with green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems waving in the air with a few «Make Iran Great Again» red hats spotted.

Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi was among the hundreds of thousands protesting, telling Reuters, a possible attack on Iran will either weaken the regime or accelerate its fall.

«Global Day of Action» protests were held in major cities across the globe on Saturday. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

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«It’s a matter of time. We are hoping that this attack will expedite the process and the people can be finally back in the streets and take it all the way to the ultimate regime’s downfall,» said Pahlavi.

He shared that he hopes President Trump will have the United States intervene and «have the people’s back.»

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On Friday, President Trump said regime change in Iran would be the «best thing» to happen while speaking to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

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Senator Graham said anti-regime protesters should «keep protesting.» ( James Willoughby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

«People are hoping that at some point the decision will be made that there’s no use, there’s no point, we’re not going to get anywhere with negotiations,» said Pahlavi. «»Intervention is a way to save lives.»

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was present in Munich for the security conference and echoed a similar sentiment in a sideline interview on Friday.

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«There’s no negotiating with these people, in my view. They’re hell-bent on enacting an agenda based on religion that teaches them to lie, teaches them to destroy in the name of God,» said Graham.

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«There’s no negotiating with these people, in my view,» said Graham at a rally in Munich. (Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images)

He shared that the regime is the weakest they have been since 1979, adding, «it is a regime with American blood on its hand,» calling on protesters to «keep protesting.»

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The senator also took the stage at the Global Day of Action speaking to the crowd and holding up a «Make Iran Great Again» black hat.

Large demonstrations were also held in Toronto, Melbourne, Athens, Tokyo, London, and Los Angeles.

An estimated 350,000 people marched on the streets of Toronto, the city’s police spokesperson, Laura Brabant, told the Associated Press (AP).

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Over 250,000 protesters rallied in Munich, Germany on Saturday on the backdrop of the Munich Security Conference. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Iranian American activist and Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Sheila Nazarian told Fox News Digital the protests across the globe represent a universal truth. 

«When regimes silence their people, the people eventually find their voice. Whether in the streets of Tehran or in diaspora communities around the world,» she said.

Nazarian left Iran when she was 6 years old along with her family.

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«As someone who came to this country from Iran, I know firsthand that these protests are not about politics, they’re about basic human dignity, women’s rights, and the fundamental freedom to live without fear,» she added. 

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Estados Unidos se prepara para un eventual enfrentamiento militar con Irán

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Personas en Teherán caminan sobre banderas estadounidenses e israelíes durante una marcha para conmemorar el 47 aniversario de la revolución islámica de Irán (Arash Khamooshi para The New York Times)

Cuando el presidente Donald Trump amenazó el mes pasado con atacar Irán si su gobierno no aceptaba un acuerdo para detener su programa nuclear, el Pentágono no estaba en condiciones de respaldarlo.

Los entre 30.000 y 40.000 soldados estadounidenses dispersos por Medio Oriente, y sus ocho bases permanentes, tenían escasas defensas aéreas para protegerse de las previsibles represalias.

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Los aviones de combate adicionales necesarios para ejecutar el tipo de operación de barrido de la que hablaba Trump estaban designados en bases estadounidenses en Europa, y también en instalaciones en Estados Unidos. Gran parte del equipo militar reunido en Medio Oriente durante 20 años de guerra, e incluso durante la campaña estadounidense contra los hutíes yemeníes del año pasado, había salido de la región.

Por eso, funcionarios de seguridad nacional de alto rango propusieron al presidente que se mantuviera a la espera mientras el Pentágono reconstruía su capacidad de ataque y, lo que es aún más importante, de defensa en los 11 países que podrían ser vulnerables a las represalias iraníes, según tres funcionarios estadounidenses, que hablaron con la condición de mantener su anonimato para poder discutir cuestiones operativas.

“El presidente Trump tiene todas las opciones sobre la mesa con respecto a Irán”, dijo Anna Kelly, vocera de la Casa Blanca. “Escucha diversas perspectivas sobre cualquier asunto, pero toma la decisión final basándose en lo que es mejor para nuestro país y la seguridad nacional”.

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Ahora, mientras Trump analiza sus opciones militares si la diplomacia no logra resolver las disputas con Irán sobre sus programas nuclear y de misiles balísticos, el Pentágono está aprovechando el tiempo para terminar de construir la “armada” que el presidente dijo que se dirigía hacia ese país.

Hasta ahora, esa armada incluye ocho destructores de misiles teledirigidos que pueden derribar misiles balísticos iraníes, sistemas terrestres de defensa contra misiles balísticos y submarinos que pueden lanzar misiles de crucero Tomahawk contra objetivos en Irán.

En las últimas tres semanas, mientras diplomáticos y dirigentes de Israel, los países árabes, Irán y Estados Unidos han iniciado conversaciones, el Pentágono se ha estado preparando para la guerra. Las plataformas que está instalando no solo tienen capacidad ofensiva, dijeron oficiales militares, sino también defensiva, porque es probable que Irán devuelva el ataque.

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Un alto cargo militar describió el proceso como poner la casa en orden.

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Trump continúa presionando al régimen de Irán para alcanzar un acuerdo sobre su programa nuclear

En un principio, Trump dijo que intentaba defender a los manifestantes iraníes que comenzaron a desafiar al gobierno autoritario a finales del año pasado. Pero se ha retractado “cuando dijo que Estados Unidos estaba ‘preparado y listo’ para proteger a los manifestantes”, dijo Vali Nasr, experto en Irán y profesor de Asuntos Internacionales en la Universidad Johns Hopkins.

Pero, más recientemente, sus razones para atacar a Irán han vuelto a centrarse en su programa nuclear, que los funcionarios iraníes insisten en que tiene fines civiles y no para producir armas.

“Amenazó con la guerra antes de que el ejército estadounidense estuviera preparado”, dijo Nasr. “Pero al poner la guerra sobre la mesa y tener que retroceder para dar tiempo a la preparación, también alertó a Irán de que se avecinaba la guerra y le dio tiempo para hacer más creíbles sus propias amenazas de represalia”.

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Altos cargos del gobierno dijeron que Trump no había decidido si atacaría a Irán.

Tras reunirse con el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, en la Casa Blanca el miércoles, Trump escribió en redes sociales que “no se llegó a nada definitivo, aparte de que insistí en que continuaran las negociaciones con Irán”.

Las opciones que Trump ha estado sopesando incluyen una acción militar dirigida contra el programa nuclear de Irán y su capacidad de lanzar misiles balísticos, según tres funcionarios estadounidenses. También está considerando opciones que incluirían el envío de comandos estadounidenses para perseguir determinados objetivos militares iraníes, dijeron los funcionarios.

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Pero antes de que el Pentágono pueda hacer nada de esto, debe estar mejor preparado, dijeron los funcionarios.

Eso significa trasladar sistemas de defensa antiaérea a bases de la región que albergan soldados estadounidenses —no solo en la base aérea de Al Udeid, en Qatar, que Irán atacó el año pasado en represalia por los ataques estadounidenses contra sus instalaciones nucleares—, sino también en bases de Irak, Baréin, Kuwait y Jordania.

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EEUU desplegó el portaaviones USS Abraham Lincoln en Medio Oriente (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

“Defensivamente, tenemos que asegurarnos, antes de hacer nada” de que las defensas estadounidenses están en orden, dijo el general Joseph Votel, excomandante del Mando Central de Estados Unidos. “De modo que estemos preparados para la inevitable respuesta que vuelva contra los intereses estadounidenses o contra nuestros socios”.

En su amenaza del mes pasado, Trump caracterizó la escalada en Medio Oriente como mayor que la de Venezuela el año pasado, que condujo a una incursión de la Fuerza Delta del ejército para capturar al presidente Nicolás Maduro a principios de enero. No cabe duda de que existen similitudes, ya que cada una de ellas implicó el despliegue de miles de soldados en el mar y bases en tierra, y cada escalada creó su fuerza de ataque en torno a un portaaviones.

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En el caso de Irán, el portaaviones Abraham Lincoln, acompañado de tres buques de guerra equipados con misiles Tomahawk, se encuentra en el centro de una decena de buques de guerra en la región, incluidos el mar Arábigo, el golfo Pérsico, el mar Rojo y el mar Mediterráneo oriental.

Los drones iraníes han estado rastreando el portaaviones, y un caza de la Armada derribó uno el 3 de febrero después de que funcionarios estadounidenses dijeran que se había acercado al Lincoln.

Los cazas furtivos F-35 y los aviones de ataque F/A-18 del portaaviones están a una distancia de ataque considerable de objetivos en Irán. Estados Unidos también ha enviado más de una decena de aviones de ataque F-15E adicionales a la región, según funcionarios estadounidenses.

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El jueves, se comunicó a la tripulación de un segundo portaaviones, el USS Gerald R. Ford, que abandonaría el Caribe, donde el buque se unió el mes pasado a la operación estadounidense para capturar a Maduro, y se desplegaría en Medio Oriente como parte de la campaña de presión de Trump contra Irán.

Los B-2 y otros bombarderos de largo alcance en Estados Unidos que podrían atacar objetivos en Irán permanecen en un estado de alerta superior al habitual, según un funcionario estadounidense de alto rango, quien habló bajo condición de anonimato para discutir cuestiones operativas. El Pentágono elevó el estado de alerta hace casi un mes, cuando Trump solicitó opciones para responder a la represión violenta del gobierno iraní de las protestas.

Los analistas militares afirman que otros indicios de posibles operaciones importantes suelen ser el número de aviones cisterna de reabastecimiento en Medio Oriente o en sus cercanías, y el número de EA-18 Growlers, aviones antirradar que pueden escoltar a los bombarderos. Hay Growlers en el Lincoln, y el Mando Central envió recientemente algunos a una base en Jordania.

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Los datos de seguimiento de vuelos indican que Estados Unidos también está acercando o introduciendo en la región aviones adicionales, incluidos aviones de reabastecimiento y de reconocimiento.

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El Ejército norteamericano se prepara en caso de que se desencadene un conflicto con Irán (EFE/EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL / POOL)

Los analistas afirman que otro indicio de la seriedad de cualquier plan ofensivo sería que la Marina trasladara un submarino lanzamisiles balísticos que suele operar en el Mediterráneo al mar Rojo o, más probablemente, al mar Arábigo, donde estaría mejor situado para atacar objetivos en Irán.

Los submarinos de la Armada pueden transportar hasta 154 misiles de crucero Tomahawk, lo que añade una considerable potencia de fuego a la región. A diferencia de sus buques, la Marina no suele revelar la ubicación de sus submarinos. Pero un submarino que se desplazara desde el Mediterráneo hacia las vías fluviales del este tendría que salir a la superficie atravesando el canal de Suez y sería visible para los rastreadores de buques. Eso aún no ha ocurrido.

Además de su arsenal ofensivo, el Pentágono está enviando más defensas aéreas Patriot y THAAD a la región para ayudar a proteger a los soldados de los ataques de represalia de los misiles iraníes de corto y medio alcance.

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Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., general retirado de cuatro estrellas de la Infantería de Marina y exjefe del Mando Central de Estados Unidos, dijo que los líderes militares y políticos de Irán se tomarían en serio cualquier refuerzo estadounidense debido al historial de Trump: el bombardeo de tres instalaciones nucleares iraníes el pasado junio y el asesinato de un general iraní de alto rango, Qasem Soleimani, en enero de 2020.

“Los iraníes temen a Trump porque mató a Soleimani y atacó sus instalaciones nucleares”, dijo el general McKenzie en una entrevista. “Le temen porque emprende acciones directas”.

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