Biden: I received a briefing from members of the security team about the attack on our forces in Jordan
Pentagon identifies 3 killed in Jordan attack - Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Ga.; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Ga.; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Ga. The incident is under investigation
The number of troops injured in the Jordan base attack is now more than 40, the Pentagon says
Attack on US base in Jordan - "We know this is an IRGC-backed militia" per @DepPentPressSec Sabrina Singh "It has the footprints of Kataib Hezbollah" she adds, cautioning no final determination has been made. No info on whether attack was directed by Iran itself
The drone attack on Tower 22 in Jordan was 1 of 4 attacks claimed by the Iran-backed The Islamic Resistance in IraqThe latest US tally confirms a 2nd drone attack around the same time on AlTanf garrison in NE Syria with no damage or injuries
US forces in the MiddleEast have now been attacked at least 165 times since mid-October, per a US military officialThis includes Friday's attack on Tower 22 in Jordan that killed 3 US troops and injured dozens more
The US Treasury has identified al-Huda Bank in Iraq as a foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern. Additionally, sanctions have been imposed on its owner due to support provided to Iran-backed militia groups and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
The White House: Washington will respond "in the necessary manner" to the attack by drones on U.S. forces in Jordan
10 month agoOne-way attack UAS at "logistics support base located at Tower 22 of the Jordanian Defense Network." FORCE: Approx. 350 U.S. Army, AF personnel Mission: Conducting support functions ISIS operations INJURIES: At least 34 + 8 required evacuation to higher level care
Biden moments ago in South Carolina in response to the attack that killed 3 American soldiers, "We shall respond."
Intensive military fighter and reconnaissance aircraft activity, believed to be American, has been observed near the Iraqi-Syrian border on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Al-Bukamal
WaPo: "The one-way attack drone struck the living quarters of a base, a defense official said, causing injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to brain injuries and some that required a medical evacuation." WaPo reports at least 34 inured
The White House: President Biden was briefed this afternoon on the details of the attack on American forces in Jordan near the border with Syria
From the White House: @POTUS and @VP ‘briefed by their national security team this afternoon on the latest regarding the attack on U.S. service members’. Blinken, Austin, chiefs of CIA, military, national security and national intelligence all on the call
CNN, citing officials: The number of soldiers injured in the attack at Al Tanf is more than 30 and is likely to rise
10 month agoHere we go: The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militias claim responsibility for the attack against U.S. troops at the Taji military base
10 month agoPresident Biden says today the attack was carried out "by radical Iran-backed militant groups." "The three American service members we lost were patriots in the highest sense. And their ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten we will hold all those responsible to account
10 month agoU.S. Central Command has now Confirmed the Death of 3 American Servicemembers and the Injury of at least 25 others in a One-Way "Suicide" Drone Attack on a Patrol Base near the Border with Syria and Iraq
10 month agoThe Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for today's drone attack on Erbil airport
Syrian media: American military forces at their base in the Al-Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor confront Iranian drones trying to target the base
Reports of a drone attack on Ain Alasad in Anbar
The Islamic Resistance in a statement will not comply with the US and Iraqi negotiations, and will carry on with attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria untill a full coalition forces withdrawal
Dana Gas: Suspension of production at the Khor Mor facility in Iraqi Kurdistan after a liquids tank was bombed by a drone
More attacks tonight on the Kurdistan region of Iraq; gas field targeted in Sulimani and drone shot down in Erbil. US diplomats hunkered down in bunkers. Follows spate of attacks by Iran on Erbil last week. KRG blames Iran's proxies. Kurds want air defenses promised in NDAA
Clashes broke out between Federal Police and a tribe in Maysan, southern Iraq
A drone attack on the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq
US Secretary of Defense: Military experts will study the capabilities of the Iraqi forces to advise the Supreme Committee on the most effective development of the coalition mission against ISIS
Iraqi Foreign Ministry: The military committee with U.S. will lead to the end of the coalition's military mission
@SecDef announces the start of talks with the Iraqi government about the future of the U.S.-led mission to defeat ISIS.These talks have been expected since August, but come at a possible inflection point as regional tensions heat up
US jets reported over western Iraq
