A drone is released during a significant-scale drone battle training of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran Jan. 6, 2021.
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A few U.S. services customers have been killed and dozens wounded during an unmanned aerial drone assault on U.S. forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and U.S. officials said on Sunday.
Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the assault.
“When we are continue to collecting the points of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant teams functioning in Syria and Iraq,” Biden explained in a assertion.
At least 34 personnel had been being evaluated for doable traumatic brain damage, a U.S. official instructed Reuters.
“Even though we’re nevertheless accumulating facts, this is most assuredly the perform of an Iranian-backed militia group,” a 2nd formal mentioned.
The fatalities marked the 1st fatalities of U.S. troops in the location considering that war started in Gaza. Biden stated the attack happened on Saturday evening.
The attack is a main escalation of the already tense circumstance in the Middle East, where by war broke out in Gaza following Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7 which killed 1,200. Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, in accordance to the community wellbeing ministry.
Even though the United States has hence much taken care of an formal line that Washington is not at war in the area, it has created strikes in opposition to targets of Yemen’s Houthi teams that have been attacking business vessels in the Crimson Sea.
“We will have on their motivation to fight terrorism. And have no question – we will maintain all individuals liable to account at a time and in a way of our deciding upon,” Biden stated in his statement launched by the White Dwelling.