Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement directed at Jordanian citizens, urging them to act against the US military presence and claiming an overnight attack on the Al-Azraq air base that destroyed F-15, F-16, and F-35 hangars and MQ-9 drones. The claims are unverified.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday night issued a statement directly addressing Jordanian citizens, calling on them to 'not miss any opportunity to destroy American institutions' and to act to expel US forces from Jordan. The statement claimed that the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan was attacked overnight and that targets including F-15, F-16, and F-35 hangars and MQ-9 Reaper drones were destroyed.
The claim follows an earlier statement from Iran's regular army, which asserted a drone strike on the same base earlier Wednesday, reporting that it hit an F-18 deployment area, a warehouse, and a residential building, as The Zioneer reported. The IRGC has made multiple similar claims of strikes on US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain since June, none of which have been independently confirmed by US Central Command.
The IRGC's latest statement escalates the messaging war by directly appealing to the Jordanian population, portraying the US presence as an 'occupation' and urging civil resistance. The claim of an overnight attack on Al-Azraq, if true, would represent a significant escalation in the direct targeting of US forces in Jordan, but remains unverified.
No independent source has corroborated the IRGC's account, and US officials have not commented on the statement. The call to action against American institutions in Jordan raises the risk of unrest in the kingdom, which hosts a US-led coalition presence.
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