2024-01-28T20:30:31+00:00
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/ US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, announced on Sunday evening that he and President Biden will not tolerate this time after the attack that is expected to be carried out by the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, on the Al-Tanf base in the Iraqi-Jordanian-Syrian border triangle.
Austin said, in a statement translated by Agency: “I feel angry and deeply saddened by the killing of three of our American service members and the wounding of other American soldiers in an attack last night against American and coalition forces, which were deployed in a location in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border to work, from For the enduring defeat of ISIS, these brave Americans and their families are in my prayers, and the entire Department of Defense mourns their loss.
He added, “The Iranian-backed militias are responsible for these ongoing attacks on American forces, and we will respond at the time and place we choose.”
Austin continued: “President (Biden) and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces, and we will take all necessary measures to defend the United States, our forces, and our interests.”
For its part, the American Associated Press reported that “the attack on the military base near the Iraqi-Jordanian-Syrian border triangle was carried out by an Iraqi group and launched from Iraqi territory.”
In this context, the American CNN channel reported that “the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq are responsible for the attack on the American forces in Jordan,” noting that “the Brigades launched the drone towards Jordan from the city of Rutba in Anbar.”