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2 U.S. service members killed, 1 missing after Iranian attack in Jordan 51%
By Chandelis Duster39%
7/18/2026, 9:12:01 PM
Keywords: World
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 54% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 767 faulty-reasoning hits from 315 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51% and a BS Rank of 51% (8,885 of 17,974 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 50.60% of the article peer group.
Two U.S. service members were killed, one is missing and four others were medically evacuated after Iranian attacks on in Jordan on Friday, according to the U.S. military.
The four American service members who were evacuated to Jordanian hospitals have since been discharged, U.S.
Central Command said in a social media post on Saturday.
“Out of respect for the families, CENTCOM will withhold additional information, including the identities of the fallen warriors, until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified,” it added in the statement.
Iran’s military said it struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, a key installation used by Jordanian and U.S. coalition forces.
Sixteen U.S. service members have been killed and more than 430 wounded since the war with Iran began.
The U.S. and Iran have widened the scope of targets in the latest strikes and the escalation has led to broader concerns that there could be an all-out war amid the fighting for control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has closed the strait and the U.S. military said it has reinstated a naval blockade of Iran.
U.S. forces ended its seven planned nights of strikes against Iran on Friday night, according to CENTCOM.
Underground weapons storage and surveillance sites were among the Iranian assets that were struck, CENTCOM said.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamene on Saturday warned the U.S. that it would face “unforgettable lessons” if it continued its attacks, according to the Associated Press.
On Friday, authorities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar — a mediator in talks to end the war — said their air defense systems were intercepting hostile attacks.
Jordan held off those attacks, according to its state media.
Iranian strikes were also reported in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where at least eight opposition fighters were killed, according to a Kurdish Iranian opposition group.
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