the US says three of its troops have
been killed and dozens more wounded in a
drone attack on a base in northeastern
Jordan President Joe Biden blamed
iran-backed militants for the attack
which took place near the border with
Syria and Iraq he vowed to hold the
perpetrators to account media Reports
say the drones struck near a Barracks at
the base it is the first time American
military personnel have been killed by
hostile fire in the region since the
start of the Israel Hamas
War let's get more with Washington
bureau chief enus po uh enus it's good
to see you what more do we know at this
point this is of course a developing
story well the killing of the three
Americans in Jordan near the border with
Syria is definitely a significant
escalation of an already precarious
situation in the Middle East this is the
first time as you just mentioned that US
troops have been killed by enemy fire in
the Middle East since the beginning of
the Gaza War and the prompt reaction of
President Biden kind of underlines the
significance uh of this attack he
promised to hold those responsible for
the attack I quote him to account at a
time and in a manner our choosing and he
also said I quote him here as well we
know it was carried out by radical
iran-backed militant groups operating in
Syria and
Iraq you mentioned that this will lead
most likely to an escal
but this is also not the first time uh a
US military base has been attacked in
the region do we what can we anticipate
at this point or are we still waiting
for more
information uh correct uh us officials
have repeatedly said that they do not
want to see uh the increasingly High
tensions across the Middle East broaden
into a regional War uh and indeed there
have been more than 160 or so attacks on
us and Coalition forces in Iraq uh and
Syria since the war started however
until today official officials have
described uh the constant volley of
drones rockets and and missiles as
unsuccessful because they have not
caused Serious injury or damage to
infrastructure this of course has
changed with today and given the
increasing political pressure President
Biden is facing from the
Republican party in this election year
which has just started it indeed doesn't
seem unlikely that the US will increase
their military involvement and with that
of course comes an increasing risk that
the conflict will spread throughout the
whole Middle East many factors in a very
tense situation thank you so much for
following that developing story for us
inis Po in
DC