Iran Has the Largest Armed Forces in the Middle East
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Iran possesses the largest armed forces among several other wealthy Middle Eastern countries. In 2017, Iran had at least 563,000 personnel.
The next largest armed forces in the Middle East belong to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, with 512,000 and 252,000 personnel respectively.
Tensions in the Middle East escalated after the United States attacked General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad Airport, Iraq on Friday (January 3rd). He was the head of the Quds Force, an elite unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran retaliated by striking two US military bases in Iraq.
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