On the 28th local time, Biden, who was visiting South Carolina, held a silent tribute to the death of three US soldiers in the attack.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on January 28, local time, Biden said that the U.S. military stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border was attacked by drones on the evening of the 27th Eastern time, killing three U.S. soldiers. According to US media sources, the number of US soldiers injured in the attack rose to 34.
The U.S. ** Command issued a statement saying that eight wounded people currently need to be evacuated from Jordan to a higher-level care facility, but the condition is stable. In addition, other service members are undergoing a full evaluation for follow-up care.
According to reports, this is the first time since the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that US soldiers have been killed in an attack in the Middle East.
According to CCTV news, two U.S. ** revealed that at least 34 U.S. military personnel in the attack are being evaluated for traumatic brain injury, and the number of injured may increase further, and some injured U.S. troops have been evacuated from the base for further **.
Biden said in a statement on the 28th: "Although we are still gathering information about the attack, we know that it was carried out by Iranian-backed militant armed groups operating in Syria and Iraq. "We will hold all those responsible accountable when and in the manner we decide," he stressed. ”
CNN and the Associated Press both reported that at present, the United States is still accurately assessing who is "behind the scenes" but has determined that Iran is responsible.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also blamed Iranian-backed militias for the attack and pledged to "take all necessary actions to respond at a time and place of our choosing."
Satellite image of the attacked U.S. military base known as Tower 22.
Jordan's Minister of Communications and spokesman Mohannad Mubaidin issued a statement on local TV on the 28th, saying that the drone attack on the US ** incident base did not take place in Jordan. Its target is the US military base stationed in the Tanf region of southern Syria. But he did not provide further details. Jordan** said it would cooperate with the United States in the fight against terrorism. The United States said the base was located in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian border. It was the base barracks that were hit by the drones, as a result of which there were serious casualties.
It is reported that the informed United States** confirmed that the attack took place in Jordan, a small US military base near the Syrian border, "Tower 22". The base is mainly used by US military units involved in advisory and assistance missions to the Jordanian army. At present, about 3,000 US soldiers are stationed in various parts of Jordan, but Jordan has not made public the specific information of this US military unit, and the US side has not disclosed the number of people stationed in the "No. 22 Tower".
The Islamic Resistance Group, an armed Iraqi militia, claimed responsibility for the attack. The "Islamic Resistance Group" issued a statement on social **Telegram, saying that the group launched a drone attack on a total of four US military bases at dawn on the 28th local time as part of the efforts to "resist the US occupation forces in Iraq" and as a response to Israel's "** people of Gaza".
Since the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last October, militias in the region have used drones, rockets, mortars and ballistic missiles to launch more than 60 attacks on U.S. military installations in Iraq and more than 90 on U.S. military installations in Syria. In recent months, the U.S. military has responded by striking targets in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Trump, who is competing with Biden for the ** election, took the opportunity to lash out at Biden, posting on social ** that this marks "a terrible day for America" and "[this] another terrible and tragic consequence of Joe Biden's weakness and surrender."
*丨General. Editor丨Duan Xiaoqing, editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News.
Typesetting丨Su Ruixue, Shenzhen Satellite TV direct news editor.