three US soldiers killed in drone attack, Joe Biden accuses pro-Iran groups

Three American soldiers were killed and several others were injured in a drone attack in northeastern Jordan, Washington announced on Sunday January 28. US President Joe Biden threatened the perpetrators of reprisals in a statement.

The attack, according to him, was carried out by “a group of radical pro-Iran fighters operating in Syria and Iraq”. This is the first time that American soldiers have been killed in the Middle East since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The US Middle East Command said 25 soldiers were injured at the base, near the border with Syria.

These American military deaths occur in an explosive context. Since mid-October, more than 150 drone strikes or rocket attacks have targeted American and coalition soldiers in Iraq and Syria, a direct repercussion of the war in Gaza between Israel, Washington’s ally, and Hamas. Palestinian, supported by Tehran. Since the beginning of January, Washington has for its part repeatedly bombed Houthi positions in Yemen, these pro-Iran rebels who target international traffic in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.