{
  "id": 7915479,
  "title": "Photos show extensive damage to US Middle East bases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/photos-show-extensive-damage-to-us-middle-east-bases",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T01:19:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News (US)",
    "slug": "abc-news-us",
    "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/photos-show-extensive-damage-us-middle-east-bases/story?id=136507770"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "U.S. bases in the Middle East have suffered extensive damage due to Iranian attacks, according to images and videos obtained by ABC News. The Pentagon is currently assessing the costs of the war, which began more than six months ago, and has not provided public information on the extent of the damage. The Pentagon has preemptively moved personnel from bases vulnerable to Iranian attacks, but a senior service member told ABC News that the damage to the facilities would take \"decades\" to repair. Since the war began on February 28, 18 service members have been killed and 824 wounded.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/innovation-hackathon-concludes-at-money20-20-middle-east-in-riyadh",
        "published": "2026-09-16T20:33:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "UN secretary general calls for de-escalation in the Middle East",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/un-secretary-general-calls-for-de-escalation-in-the-middle-east",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:19:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Expert: Images of damaged U.S. bases in Middle East show Iran \"getting help from Russia and China\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/expert-images-of-damaged-u-s-bases-in-middle-east-show-iran-getting",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:04:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}