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They killed 3 U.S. soldiers and wounded 34 others at a base along Jordan-Syria border. Biden vows to retaliate after 3 U.S. troops killed in drone attack.

President Joe Biden has vowed to retaliate after 3 U.S. servicemembers were killed in a drone attack on a base in Jordan, near the Syrian border. They are the first U.S. deaths in months of attacks by Iran-backed militant groups since the Israel-Hamas war began, though Iran has insisted it did not order the strike.

Official added “from 1st day moment U.S. president directed military to review options” following Jordan attack, killed was a Kataib Hezbollah commander in Iraq responsible for attacks on American forces. A Kataib Hezbollah commander in Iraq on Wednesday evening who was responsible for attacks on US forces in the region, US Central Command says attack was carried out by a drone hitting a SUV@Al-Mashtal, a predominantly Shia neighborhood eastern Baghdad, two people who were inside vehicle have not been identified b'cos bodies were completely charred by a fire erupted from strike, the identity of commander has not yet released, but 3-US officials told CNN the US targeted Wisam Mohammed Saber al-Saedi. A senior local security source, is a senior with Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) told CNN that a senior leader with Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia was be killed in the attack.

Kataib Hezbollah is considered one of the most powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq, part of a state-sponsored consortium of militias in the country known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) — many of them is Shia militias — they maintain security there. senior iran leader said. Kataib Hezbollah released a statement mourning al-Saedi Thursday morning (Baghdad time.) The militant group said al-Saedi’s death “calls us to remain steadfast in the jihadist approach