The White House could launch additionally retaliatory attacks after an airstrike killed three U.S. troops in Jordan, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on Sunday.
fhm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The U.S. on Friday began to carry out strikes against Iran-backed militants and Iranian military targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone strike on an American base in Jordan last Sunday that killed three U.S. service members.
Dozens of other American troops were wounded in the drone attack on the Tower 22 base near Jordan s border with Iraq and Syria. The U.S. says Iran is responsible for funding and arming the militants while Iran has denied involvement.
President Joe Biden had quickly warned that America would respond forcefully, escalating U.S. involvement in the Middle East after months of trying to contain tensions from boiling over into a broader war in the region.
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More retaliatory operations planned after troop deaths, official says
The U.S. will take "more action" against Iran-backed militants in response to the deadly drone attack in Jordan last week,
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The US destroyed or damaged 84 out of 85 targets in its sweeping series of airstrikes on Friday in Syria and Iraq, according to two US defense officials, with no current indications of Iranian casualties.