President Joe Biden introduced on Sunday that three US service members had been killed and plenty of extra had been wounded in an unmanned aerial drone assault close to the Syrian border in north-eastern Jordan. He attributed the assault to Iran-backed teams.
Biden acknowledged that “many” service members had been injured within the assault, with roughly 34 personnel being monitored for potential traumatic mind accidents, in accordance with a US official.
The President asserted that the assault was carried out by “radical Iran-backed militant teams working in Syria and Iraq,” marking the primary US fatalities within the ongoing strikes towards American forces by Iranian-backed militias within the Middle East, amidst the Israel-Hamas battle.
Biden vowed that the US will maintain these accountable accountable on their very own phrases and in their very own time.
The assault occurred at a small outpost referred to as Tower 22, the place roughly 3,000 American troops are usually stationed in Jordan as a part of an advise and help mission with the Jordanian army, as reported by CNN.
Since the battle between Israel and Hamas started, US troops in Iraq and Syria have been focused with drone and missile assaults on their bases. The assault on Jordan represents the primary occasion of American troops being focused in Jordan throughout the battle.