U.S. Military Recovers Remains in Jordan After 3 Troops Died in Iran-Linked Attacks
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 19
U.S. Military Recovers Remains in Jordan After 3 Troops Died in Iran-Linked Attacks
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 19
Summary
Unidentified human remains were recovered Sunday at the site of Friday’s Iranian missile and drone attack in Jordan, where U.S. forces are still trying to account for a missing service member.
CENTCOM said the remains are being examined to determine whether they belong to the missing troop reported after the July 17 strike on U.S. and partner forces.
That Jordan attack had already left 2 U.S. service members dead and 4 medically evacuated, though those four have since been discharged from hospitals in Jordan.
A separate incident in northern Iraq killed another U.S. service member Saturday during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone; a second troop suffered a minor injury.
The rising toll has effectively ended last month’s U.S.-Iran ceasefire, with CENTCOM saying U.S. forces completed an eighth straight night of strikes on IRGC targets tied to the Jordan attack.