Iran Launches Surprise Missile Attack on U.S. Forces

Strikes came before the U.S. military confirmed joint attacks with Saudi forces on Iran-backed groups in Iraq.

Iran launched a surprise ballistic-missile attack on American forces in Jordan, a U.S. official said, a violent escalation that piles new pressure on President Trump to renew the war in earnest.

The missiles were all successfully intercepted, the U.S. military said. But the assault raised the prospect that American forces would have to respond, just as negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and eventually jump-start broader peace talks were picking up speed.

The unprompted missile attack marks a shift for Iran.

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