The record
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- The US military identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old from Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the soldier killed on Sunday while attempting to disarm an Iranian drone at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq.
- He will be posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and promoted to staff sergeant.
- His death came as US-Iran hostilities intensified for a tenth consecutive night, with the US death toll in the war climbing to 17, including two soldiers killed in Jordan by direct Iranian fire.
- The conflict has also spread to shipping routes, with a tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi rebels announcing a maritime embargo and threatening the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the US military investigation into the Irbil drone incident.
- Status of the third US service member still missing after the Jordan attack, as remains are being examined.
- Whether shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb remains disrupted amid the Houthi embargo and Saudi response.
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Named United States · Iraq · Iran · Jordan · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · Fayetteville · Fort Bragg · Irbil · Michael Emmanuel Swinton · North Carolina · Strait of Hormuz · 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade · 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
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