{"data":{"id":"fact_ou3oolro5h","thread":{"slug":"usa-iran","title":"USA–Iran Confrontation"},"occurredAt":"2023-10-17T12:00:00.000Z","recordedAt":"2026-09-02T03:25:53.039Z","title":"Iran-backed militias launched over 170 attacks on US forces after 7 October 2023","body":"In the weeks following the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Iran-backed militias, including the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on US military bases and assets in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. The attacks, which began on 17 October 2023, were in response to US support for Israel in the Gaza war and resulted in injuries to dozens of US service members. The US launched multiple counterattacks, killing about 65 militants, including a senior commander of the Nujaba Movement.","location":"Iraq, Syria, and Jordan","actors":["Iran-backed militias","Islamic Resistance in Iraq","United States","US military"],"verdict":"VERIFIED","verdictNote":"Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia articles on the Middle Eastern crisis and attacks on US bases, consistently report that Iran-backed militias launched over 170 attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan starting 17 October 2023, in response to US support for Israel in the Gaza war. The claim is corroborated by the detailed timeline and casualty figures in the sources, with no credible contradiction found.","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_US_bases_during_the_Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023%E2%80%93present)","title":"Attacks on US bases during the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)","publisher":"Wikipedia","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023%E2%80%93present)","title":"Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)","publisher":"Wikipedia","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States-led_conflict_with_pro-Iranian_Iraqi_militias","title":"2026 United States-led conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias","publisher":"Wikipedia","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"}],"tags":["iran-backed-militias","us-military","iraq","syria","jordan","middle-east-crisis"],"views":2,"updatedAt":"2026-09-03T00:11:26.540Z","media":[],"relatedFactIds":[],"url":"/fact/fact_ou3oolro5h"}}