US army in Jordan faces deadly 'drone attack'; points blame on Iran-backed groups | Top 10 updates
Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen who are regularly attacking commercial ships passing through Red Sea waters off Yemen's coast. While the United States has thus far maintained an official line that Washington is not at war in the region, it has been retaliating against the Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria and carrying out strikes against Yemen's Houthi military capabilities.
1) Three US service members were killed and dozens may be wounded after an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials said on Sunday. 2) At least 34 personnel were injured in the attack, but that number is expected to change as more people seek care, according to a statement from US Central Command.
Eight personnel were evacuated from Jordan for higher-level care, but are in stable condition. 3) Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the attack, the first deadly strike against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October and sent shock waves throughout the Middle East.
4) In an official statement, Biden said, “While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq." 5) Several prominent US politicians including Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham called for hitting Iran. “Hit Iran now.
Hit them hard," Graham wrote on X (formerly Twitter). 6) Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, “We must respond to these repeated attacks by Iran and its proxies by striking directly against Iranian targets and its leadership." 7) Senator Jack Reed, the committee’s Democratic chairman, said he’s “confident the Biden
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