Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its attack on a US base in Jordan destroyed 20 hangars housing American forces and killed dozens of troops, according to a statement from the IRGC spokesman. The Guards also claimed to have struck C-17 and P-8 aircraft at Aqaba airport. The claims are unverified.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a new statement on Monday morning, thanking Jordanian soldiers and people for their cooperation in an attack on US forces in Jordan and providing more detailed claims about the damage inflicted. According to the statement, the attack destroyed 20 hangars housing American troops at the Al-Azraq base, killing dozens of soldiers. The Guards also claimed that they struck US Air Force C-17 heavy transport aircraft and P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft at Aqaba airport, causing heavy damage to several of them.
The statement builds on an earlier IRGC message from earlier today that thanked Jordanian soldiers for their cooperation and claimed two US soldiers were killed. The new claims significantly escalate the alleged scale of the attack. The IRGC has issued a series of similar claims about strikes on US assets in Jordan over recent weeks, most of which have not been independently confirmed by US Central Command or other sources. The claims remain unverified.
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