Iranian Strikes Kill 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan, Leave 1 Missing as Ceasefire Collapses
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Updated · CNN · Jul 18
Iranian Strikes Kill 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan, Leave 1 Missing as Ceasefire Collapses
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 18
Summary
Two U.S. service members were killed and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks hit a U.S.-used base in Al-Azraq, Jordan, CENTCOM said Saturday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the strike, saying it used missiles and drones and destroyed several aircraft; CENTCOM said four additional U.S. personnel were evacuated to hospitals and later discharged.
The deaths raise U.S. military fatalities in the nearly five-month Iran war to 15, the first American combat deaths reported since March.
The attack came as a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire effectively unraveled this week, with U.S. strikes followed by Iranian missile and drone waves against a widening set of targets in countries hosting U.S. forces.
Iranian officials separately said 12 Iranians were killed in the past day, lifting deaths in the war’s latest phase to 50, and accused the U.S. of destroying a desalination plant in Hormozgan.