U.S. evacuates injured service members from Middle East to Germany

March 13 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The U.S. military evacuated about 19 injured service members from the Middle East to Germany on Thursday, officials familiar with the matter told CBS News.

The evacuation flight departed from Saudi Arabia, made a stop in Oman and then continued to a U.S. base in Germany near a military hospital.

Among those evacuated were two service members injured when a drone exploded next to their vehicle, according to the report.

The evacuation follows an earlier medical transfer involving dozens of U.S. personnel wounded in a strike on a U.S. facility in Kuwait that killed six people.

Around 20 service members arrived earlier this week at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany with injuries classified by the military as urgent, including traumatic brain injuries, memory loss and concussions, CBS News reported.

Spokespeople at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center declined to comment on the latest evacuation flight.