Three US service members killed and ‘many’ injured in drone attack in Jordan, Biden says

President says ‘while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups’

Three US service members were killed and many wounded during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in north-eastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said on Sunday, blaming Iran-backed groups for the attack.

“Many” service members were also wounded in the attack, Biden said in a statement.

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