Three American military members were killed and dozens were wounded in a drone strike in Jordan, President Joe Biden said in a statement Sunday. Biden blamed the attack on Iran-backed militia groups and said that the U.S. “shall respond.”
According to Biden, an unmanned drone attack targeted U.S. forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border.
A spokesperson for Jordan’s government, Muhannad al Mubaidin, told Jordanian public broadcaster on Sunday that the attack was not on Jordanian soil but took place in Syria. Mubaidin said the drone strike had targeted the U.S. Al-Tanf base in Syria.
U.S. troops long have used Jordan, a close American ally, as
