The US says that three soldiers are dead and at
least 25 others are wounded after a drone attack on
a military base in Jordan near its border with Syria.
Now this attack targeted a base known as Tower 22.
This is right across this the Syrian border and very
very close to AUS military base in Syria that's been
run by special operation forces as part of their anti
Islamic State fight for years now militia groups in Iraq.
Have claimed this attack. They say they launched a drone
targeting the US forces.
It remains unclear just how bad the damage is on
the base.
However. We've heard from U.S.
President Joe Biden, who said that the US is willing
to retaliate at a time and a place of its
choosing in the future.
And all of this comes as we've seen wider tensions
in the Middle East over Israel's ongoing war with Hamas
in the Gaza Strip.
Now the attack was claimed by these Iraqi militia groups.
That are part of an umbrella organization backed by Iran.
This is just another sign of just how unstable the
Middle East is.
We have seen other attacks claimed by Iranian backed militias
in the wider region since the Israeli war in Hamas
began.
That includes attacks by the Houthis on shipping in the
Red Sea as well as cross-border attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah
group on Israel moving forward.
It remains unclear exactly what will happen next,
but it shows just how wide the conflict has grown
and just how dangerous it's become.
In the wider Middle East.