Jordan Summons Iranian Envoy After 3 Missiles Are Shot Down Near Aqaba
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Updated · ABC News · Jul 19
Jordan Summons Iranian Envoy After 3 Missiles Are Shot Down Near Aqaba
3 articles · Updated · ABC News · Jul 19
Summary
Jordan summoned Iran's charge d'affaires after saying it intercepted three Iranian missiles near Aqaba on Sunday and a fourth landed in a remote area, with no injuries or material damage reported.
The move followed an Israeli military alert that missiles had been launched toward Aqaba, a border city near Israel's Eilat, hours after the US embassy warned Americans to avoid the city's air and seaports over a "specific and credible threat."
The attacks came amid sustained Iranian strikes on Jordan, where US forces operate from several bases; US Central Command said two American personnel were killed in an Iranian attack there over the weekend and another remained missing.
The flare-up deepens a wider US-Iran confrontation that has resumed despite a peace deal signed just over a month ago, with fresh strikes also reported in Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq.