WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Joe Biden is promising to answer a lethal drone strike within the Middle East that killed three American troopers and damage dozens of others over the weekend.
This assault marks the primary deaths of any US service members for the reason that begin of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Intelligence leaders are gathering particulars and planning a response.
“We misplaced three courageous souls in an assault on one in every of our bases,” mentioned Biden.
US Central Command says they had been killed by an in a single day drone strike at a logistics help base in northeastern Jordan close to the border of Syria.
It additionally injured a minimum of 34 American troops.
The president referred to as the assault despicable and mentioned it was carried out by Iran backed militant teams and he vowed they are going to be held accountable.
This is the primary time American service members had been killed by enemy attackers for the reason that begin of the Israel-Hamas conflict, though a number of US army bases within the Middle East have been underneath assault.
In response, the US has struck targets in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen in current months.
The president’s republican rivals say he hasn’t carried out sufficient with former president Donald Trump calling the lethal strike “yet one more horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weak spot and give up.”
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley additionally addressed the assault.
“The proven fact that we misplaced three and dozens had been wounded. After 160 assaults on our women and men within the army. It is completely shameful,” mentioned Haley.
Some of the injured troopers had been flown out of Jordan for additional medical care and are mentioned to be in secure situation.