Iran denies role in deadly drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan
Iran denies any role in the deadly attack on U.S. troops in Jordan, but an Iranian proxy group says it targeted U.S. troops nearby.
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Iran denies any role in the deadly attack on U.S. troops in Jordan, but an Iranian proxy group says it targeted U.S. troops nearby.
President Biden has vowed to respond to the drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops and injured more than two dozen others. David Martin and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan explain what that response could look like.
The Biden administration is weighing its options after three American service members were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone attack on a base in Jordan on Sunday. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has the latest information on the attack and CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on the White House's efforts to prevent conflicts from expanding in the Middle East.
Three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone attack on a base in Jordan, U.S. officials said Sunday. President Biden blamed the attack on Iranian-backed militias. David Martin has the latest.
Flames shot into the sky after a Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot inside Russia, as Kyiv steps up attacks nearly 2 years into Russia's invasion.
Michoacan prosecutors said the workshop was one of two discovered in the town of La Huacana, and had a computer-controlled lathe and milling machine, suggesting the operators had considerable metalworking knowledge.
Eighteen drones, two-antiship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, but there were no reports of damage or injury, officials said.
Houthi rebels continue to launch drone attacks from Yemen that are threatening vessels navigating the Red Sea. Retired admiral James G. Foggo, the dean at the Center for Maritime Strategy, joins CBS News with a look at the nature of the attacks.
Russia launched 122 missiles and numerous drones on cities across Ukraine Friday. Apartments, a shopping mall and a maternity hospital were among the locations struck. Ukraine said its air defense systems shot down most of the missiles and drones, but dozens of people were still killed. David Martin has the latest.
The drone attack was conducted by an Iran-affiliated militant group, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
The U.S. conducted strikes on three locations in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias, who have been launching strikes aimed at U.S. forces in recent weeks. The retaliatory strikes killed at least one and injured more than a dozen others. David Martin reports.
The attack caused no casualties aboard the Japanese-owned vessel which was flying under a Liberian flag and was operated by a Dutch entity, the Pentagon said.
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, discussed the newly-formed international task force to escort and protect vessels crossing the Red Sea. U.S. officials say Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched drone and rocket attacks targeting ships in the area as a response to Israel's war against Hamas.
Ukraine said on Saturday it downed 74 out of 75 drones Russia launched at it overnight, mostly in the direction of Kyiv.
The drone, which originated from Yemen, was shot down early Wednesday morning by the USS Thomas Hudner as it was headed towards the ship, the Pentagon said.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the "barbaric" tactics "a symptom of how poorly Russia's military leaders know they're doing."
A police raid in Jalisco on Wednesday uncovered a workshop for making drone-carried bombs in a house built to look like a castle.
A Ukrainian drone unit hitting Russian forces behind the front line gives CBS News an inside look at why the devices are vital, cost effective - and in short supply.
Russian ships under repair were damaged and 24 people wounded in the strike, Moscow said, as it unleashed a salvo of drones on Odesa.
Russia has accused Ukraine of the largest drone attack on Russian soil since the war began. William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, joins CBS News to examine what the move means for the war.
"All of these explosive devices are homemade, based on tutorials that can be found on the internet," Mexico's defense secretary said.
Missile fragments crashed onto the grounds of a children's hospital in Kyiv as explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital.
Shipping ports, now both Ukraine's and Russia's, have been in the line of fire since Moscow pulled out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports.
Ukraine's air defenses say they have downed nearly 15 drones launched on Kyiv overnight in an attack that lasted three hours. Meanwhile, a Russian attack on a southern Ukrainian port yesterday is thought to have destroyed 40,000 tons of grain. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Russia unleashed a drone attack on the Izmail river port, the main route for Ukrainian grain exports with its sea routes blockaded.