After attack on US forces: Is the US and Iran inching closer to a direct confrontation? | DW News

The United States is promising what it calls a "very consequential" response to a drone attack that killed three of its troops in Jordan and wounded more than forty others.
US officials say the strike on Sunday hit a military outpost known as Tower 22, near the border with Syria.
According to media reports, the enemy drone wasn't shot down because it may have been mistaken for a US drone flying in the area.
US officials blame Iran-backed militants for the attack, though Iran denies being involved. Since the start of the Israel - Hamas war last October, there have been more 150 attacks on US forces in the Middle East

00:00 Background
03:33 Gudo Steinberg, German Institute for International & Security Affairs
07:44 Kristin Helberg, Middle East analyst
09:08 Mahrzad Boroujerdi, Professor of Political Science

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