Iran-linked militants kill three US soldiers at Tower 22 as Biden orders strikes

Three U.S. soldiers are killed and more than 40 wounded when an Iran-linked militia drone strikes Tower 22, a U.S. base in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border. It is the first U.S. military death from an enemy attack in the Middle East since October 7. Biden vows to respond and orders airstrikes on more than 85 targets across Syria and Iraq linked to Iranian proxy forces, including command facilities and intelligence centers. He frames the strikes as a response to Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. forces without going to war with Iran directly.