3 December 2024
10 month ago
U.S. official told CBS: Washington is sending additional air defenses to the base that was attacked on the Jordanian border
Current and former officials said the US would look to strike militia leaders, Iranian personnel in Syria or Iraq, and assets outside of Iran. - FT
10 month ago
Syrian Observatory: Israel targets two sites in the Daraa countryside, southern Syria
The Pentagon: There have been 3 attacks against American forces since Sunday
Biden: We do not want a broader war in the Middle East
Turkish artillery shelling targets SDF positions in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo
10 month ago
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces the neutralization of two YPG members in the Euphrates Shield and Peace Spring areas in northern Syria
Biden: I received a briefing from members of the security team about the attack on our forces in Jordan
10 month ago
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 White House: There is no reason to believe that our response will affect negotiations to release the hostages in Gaza
10 month ago
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
10 month ago
British PM Rishi Sunak said on Monday he was concerned about tensions in the Middle East and urged Iran to de-escalate, after an attack that killed three US service members in Jordan near Syria’s border
French Foreign Ministry: We strongly condemn the attack that targeted U.S soldiers on the Syrian-Jordanian border
The White House: Washington will respond "in the necessary manner" to the attack by drones on U.S. forces in Jordan
10 month ago
Jordan Tower 22 attack update - 34 US personnel injured; Eight personnel that received injuries required evacuation from Jordan to higher level care, but they are in stable condition. All of the ~350 service members at base are being fully evaluated for follow-on care
Iranian official media: Raids kill two people and wound others near the Sayyida Zeinab area in Syria
Syrian sources: A number of missiles were fired from the Golan at sites in the Sayyida Zeinab area, south of Damascus
Syrian sources: Aerial bombardment targets farms extending between the areas of Aqraba and Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus
Israeli army launched raids on the Damascus countryside a short while ago
One-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 care10 month ago
One-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
Russia and YPG signed an agreement on military and security protection and support in North Syria
A soldier of the Pro-Assad forces forces was injured in a Turkish drone attack in the western countryside of Manbij, northern Syria
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
10 month ago
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