India, May 7 -- Iranian airstrikes have caused far greater damage to US military bases across the Middle East than previously known. Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures and pieces of equipment at US military sites across the Middle East since the US-Iran war began.

The strikes reportedly hit hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft, as well as radar, communications and air defence systems, with the scale of destruction appearing far greater than what the US government has publicly acknowledged or what was previously reported, according to a latest report by The Washington Post.

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