Iranian Strikes Hit US Military Bases in Jordan, Injuring Troops
The attacks widen the fallout from the US-Iran conflict to a key American ally in the region
Iranian attacks on at least two U.S. military bases in Jordan this week injured several American service members, CBS News reported Friday, according to The Hill.
The strikes mark an expansion of the week-old confrontation between Washington and Tehran beyond direct exchanges between the two countries, drawing in Jordan, a longtime U.S. security partner that hosts American forces.
The extent of the injuries and the exact timing of the attacks remained unclear. Both the United States and Jordan reported no fatalities, and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, The Hill reported.
The reported strikes came in the same week that senior U.S. and Jordanian defense officials met in Amman for the 45th U.S.-Jordan Joint Military Commission, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of War for International Security Affairs Daniel Zimmerman and Jordan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Yousef Al Hnaity, according to a Pentagon readout. It was not clear whether the strikes on Jordanian territory were addressed during those talks.
The attacks underscore the risk that the widening U.S.-Iran conflict poses to American forces stationed across the region, even at installations outside Iran itself.
— Compiled from reporting by The Hill and a U.S. Department of Defense readout.