our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this morning, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over yea rs, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro ir
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east. three u.s. troops are dead dozens more injured after a drone strike hit the small u.s. outpost in jordan. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. u.s. officials say an ironic backed unmanned aerial drone targeted the tower 22 military outpost on the syrian border. it marks a significant development and tension that has been building in the middle east since the start of israel s war against hamas there has been leased 160 attacks on u.s. bases. we have team at coverage for you this evening trey yanks is alive with the latest overseas president of iris independent research doctor rebecca grant is standing by with her analysis. but first lucas thompson live at the white house with the reactin from the president. john it is the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in the middle east since the october 7 the massacre brit u.s. central command says three american soldiers were killed 34 were wounded in the drone strike in northeast jordan. president biden spoke
command. also breaking, a new agreement on a broad frame ocfor a potential release of hostages and cease-fire. we re told a proposal is being given to hamas. even as donald trump and house represents working actively to try to kill the bill. gop divisions on display as one republican senator is being censured by his own party for taking part in the talks. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. tonight we now know the names and the faces of the first u.s. service members killed since the war in gaza sparked a wave of attacks. our correspondents are covering all the breaking news on the deadly drone strike against u.s. troops in jordan and the biden administration s response. first, let s go to cnn s national security reporter natasha bertrand. she s over at the pentagon for us. first of all, tell us about the victims of the attack. reporter: we are
i m dana perino with judge jeanine pirro, richard fowler, will cain, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. this is a fox news alert: the united states has started carrying out a wave of retaliatory strikes in piers and serie a, five days after a in retaliatory strikes of iraq and syria. let s go right to the national security correspondent jennifer griffin, who has a live update from the pentagon. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, carrying out air strikes on six to seven locations, i am told, in both iraq and syria. the u.s. central command just put out a statement in which they said that 85 targets had been struck at those different locations that were used by the iranian revolutionary guard corps. 125 munitions were dropped. we have heard from u.s. defense officials that two b-1 b lancer bombers flew from the united states to the region and carried out some of these strikes, targeting, i m told, multiple targets inside of the 6-7 locations used b