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Three US Army soldiers were killed and more than 30 service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war.

Jordanian Minister of Government Communications Muhannad Mubaidin said Sunday that the attack targeting U.S. forces near the Syrian border did not occur inside Jordan.

Mubaidin told the state-run Al Mamlaka TV that the attack targeted the al-Tanf base in southeastern Syria.

This means that the attack is on an illegal US base in Syria, right on the border with Jordan.

https://english.news.cn/20240129/36e8ff659d624869b1473c4a80a35b86/c.html

    • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
      1·
      5 months ago

      It appears to be in Jordan. What am I missing here?

      https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/what-is-tower-22-site-attack-us-troops-jordan-2024-01-28/

      Tehran’s denial came after the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of a number of Iran-backed militias in the country, said in a statement Sunday it attacked a number of targets along the Jordan-Syria border, including Al-Rukban camp. The camp is in close proximity to the US outpost Tower 22.

      Quote from posted CNN article. Al-Rukban is in Syria, Tower 22 is in Jordan.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
        71·
        5 months ago

        Jordanian Minister of Government Communications seems to disagree:

        Jordanian Minister of Government Communications Muhannad Mubaidin said Sunday that the attack targeting U.S. forces near the Syrian border did not occur inside Jordan.

        Mubaidin told the state-run Al Mamlaka TV that the attack targeted the al-Tanf base in southeastern Syria.

        • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
          21·
          5 months ago

          I still don’t get why you posted an article about an attack on Tower 22 in Jordan and then a comment about al-Tanf in Syria saying it’s not in Jordan but ok.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
            31·
            5 months ago

            What I posted are two separate accounts. The US claims the base was in Jordan and Jordan says the base was in Syria. The reason US does not want to admit the base in Syria is because US is occupying Syria in defiance of international law, and has no legal basis for its presence there. Hope that clears things up for you.