Satellite imagery and video analysis have revealed that Iran struck at least 20 American military facilities across eight countries in the Middle East since the start of the war in February — a scale of damage significantly wider than the United States has publicly acknowledged. The findings, published by BBC Verify, draw on imagery from multiple international satellite providers and show destruction running into hundreds of millions of dollars across bases in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Bahrain and Oman.
Some analysts put the actual number of bases struck as high as 28. The disparity between what satellite imagery shows and what Washington has officially confirmed has raised serious questions about the transparency of US military communications during the conflict.
