{"id":329257,"date":"2026-03-26T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-than-1000-us-soldiers-heading-to-the-middle-east-so-who-are-they\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:00:09","slug":"more-than-1000-us-soldiers-heading-to-the-middle-east-so-who-are-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-than-1000-us-soldiers-heading-to-the-middle-east-so-who-are-they\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,000 US soldiers heading to the Middle East. So, who are they?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OPm88n-8C6Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"More than 1,000 US soldiers heading to the Middle East. 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