{"id":72613,"date":"2023-03-30T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/30\/troops-injured-in-syria-attack-in-stable-condition-or-returned-to-duty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:12:55","slug":"troops-injured-in-syria-attack-in-stable-condition-or-returned-to-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/03\/30\/troops-injured-in-syria-attack-in-stable-condition-or-returned-to-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops injured in Syria attack in stable condition or returned to duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two service members have returned to duty and five others are in stable condition after injuries following strikes on bases<\/a> housing U.S. troops in Syria<\/a> on March 23 and 24, Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters during a briefing Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with a U.S. contractor killed, a total of 13 personnel were injured in those attacks, Ryder added \u2013 seven whose injuries required immediate medical attention and six more who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury<\/a> in subsequent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs standard procedure, all personnel in the vicinity of a blast are screened for traumatic brain injuries,\u201d he said, and screenings are ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six troops were treated for injuries immediately, one of which was flown to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and another for treatment in neighboring Iraq, and four were subsequently diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following a March 23 attack at a base in northeastern Hasakah province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. launched retaliatory strikes that day against facilities used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 Quds Force. Eight militants are believed to have died in those attacks, Ryder said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese precision strikes were taken to protect and defend U.S. personnel,\u201d he said, adding that the U.S. will continue to take action against Iran-backed militant groups, \u201cincluding the IRGC,\u201d the Iranian guard corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day after the suicide drone attack, Mission Support Site Green Village came under attack, Ryder said, causing one immediate casualty and two subsequent brain injury diagnoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t