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Two other enemy drones, targeting sites in southeast Syria, were shot down. [22] The US formally blamed the Islamic Resistance in Iraq for the attack on 31 January. [21] On 17 June 2024, the U.S. Department of State designated Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (19th PMF Brigade) as a terrorist organization, following their involvement in the attack on ...
On 30 January, Kata'ib Hezbollah announced the suspension of all its military operations against US forces in the region after the Tower 22 drone attack which killed 3 US soldiers and injured 47 others. They announced this decision was taken out of preventing "embarrassment" of the Iraqi government which has called for all resistance parties to ...
On 28 January 2024, the Tower 22 drone attack carried out at Tower 22, a military outpost near Al-Tanf on the Jordanian border, resulted in three U.S. soldiers killed and more than 30 injured. [57] The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iran-backed militia, claimed responsibility for the attack. [58]
The base, known as Tower 22, sits near the demilitarized zone on the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ's southern edge. The Iraqi border is only 10 ...
Tower 22 holds a strategically important location in Jordan, at the most northeastern point where the country's borders meet Syria and Iraq. Tower 22 is near Al Tanf garrison, which is located ...
These attacks have resulted in injuries to dozens of troops. On 28 January 2024, a Shahed 136 drone strike carried out by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted Tower 22, a US base in Jordan, resulting in the deaths of three US troops and causing injuries to 47 others. [11] [12]
Rukban (Arabic: الرُّكبان, romanized: Al-Rukban) is an arid remote area in northeast Jordan adjacent to the Jordan–Syria border, and close to the tripoint with Iraq. The area became in 2014 one of the crossing points for Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War .
The drone struck Tower 22, a logistics and support base near the Syrian border, underscoring the increasing threats posed by regional militias. [ 55 ] On February 3, 2024, as part of the U.S.-led retaliation, RJAF F-16s joined American B-1B bombers and other aircraft in a series of airstrikes targeting strategic militia positions across Syria ...