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    Why has the US not hit back yet over drone strike that killed soldiers in Jordan?

    by Tom Watling Jan 31, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: AFP via Getty Images

    A deadly drone strike on a US military base in Jordan has left US President Joe Biden with a difficult decision about how to respond.

    Concerns have been growing over the spread of violence across the Middle East, linked to Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. That conflict was triggered by an attack by Hamas inside Israel in which around 1,200 people were killed and another 240 taken hostage. Hamas are allied to Iran and other Tehran-supported groups have launched strikes and linked it to the situation in Gaza, where health officials in the Hamas-controlled territory say more than 26,000 people have been killed.

    Sunday’s drone strike was the most serious of more than 160 aerial assaults by-backed militias in , and now Jordan on US forces across the region since October.

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