Drone attack on US military base in Jordan, 3 killed

International Desk: Three US soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a US military base in Jordan. 25 others were injured. This is the first time that US soldiers have been killed in an attack in the region since the start of the Hamas-Israel war on October 7 last year. This information was reported by the US Central Command in a statement on Sunday, BBC reported.

According to the statement, the casualties occurred in a drone attack on a US base in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border. Regarding the attack, US President Joe Biden said that information related to the attack is still being collected. Yet we know that the attacks were carried out by Iran-backed fundamentalist groups operating in Syria and Iraq.

Those involved in this attack will be brought to justice in time. The names and identities of the victims of the attack have not yet been disclosed by the BBC. Citing the news agency AP, the BBC report said that there are about 3,000 US troops in Jordan. This is the first attack targeting US troops since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.