Three U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters prepare to land in the Middle East. (Credit: Photo released July 15, 2026, by U.S. Central Command's communications service/AFP)
For the first time since the cease-fire reached on April 8 between the U.S. and Iran — since largely undermined — American soldiers have been killed by enemy fire. While Tehran had mainly concentrated its attacks on Israel and Gulf states at the height of the war, the incident occurred in Jordan, thrusting the country into the center of an escalation that threatens each day to return to the war of February. Two American soldiers were killed Friday, July 17, in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, and a third was declared missing. The kingdom was thus targeted, for the fourth time that week, by drones and missiles launched from Iran, in attacks that injured around 20 American soldiers and have continued since. As recently as Monday, the Revolutionary Guard claimed to have targeted American aircraft stationed at...
For the first time since the cease-fire reached on April 8 between the U.S. and Iran — since largely undermined — American soldiers have been killed by enemy fire. While Tehran had mainly concentrated its attacks on Israel and Gulf states at the height of the war, the incident occurred in Jordan, thrusting the country into the center of an escalation that threatens each day to return to the war of February. Two American soldiers were killed Friday, July 17, in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, and a third was declared missing. The kingdom was thus targeted, for the fourth time that week, by drones and missiles launched from Iran, in attacks that injured around 20 American soldiers and have continued since. As recently as Monday, the Revolutionary Guard claimed to have targeted American aircraft stationed...
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