Two Iranian men have been charged in connection with a deadly drone strike earlier this year that killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens more.
Mahdi Mohammed al-Sadigui was arrested in Massachusetts and is expected to appear in court on Monday. Another suspect, Mohammad Abedinajafabadi, was arrested in Italy and is being held by Italian authorities, federal prosecutors said.
The charges are related to the deadly attack on U.S. forces, the first since January 28. Israel-Hamas War Starting in October 2023.
Three Army Reservists - Sgt. William Jerome Rivers; specs. Kennedy Laden Sanders and Spc. By Breonna Alexsondria Moffett All January 28 drone strike in Jordan targeting a small military base called Tower 22 near the Syrian-Iraqi border died and 47 others were injured.
All three are assigned to the 926th Engineer Brigade, 718th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, Fort Moore, Georgia.
Here from left to right are Sgt. Kennedy Sanders, Staff Sgt. William Jerome Rivers and Sgt. Brenna Alexa Moffitt. The three U.S. Army reservists were killed in a drone attack on a Jordanian base near the Syrian border on January 28, 2024. (Sean Sanders and U.S. Army via AP, File)
The soldiers are deployed in Jordan in support of Operation Resolve, the U.S. military's name for its war in the West Bank. islamic state Terrorist organization.
Rivers, 46, served in the Army Reserve as a house electrician; Sanders, 24, and Moffitt, 23, worked as a horizontal construction engineer.
In response to the deadly attack, the United States launched retaliatory strikes against more than 85 targets. iraq and syria Attack Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and its affiliated militias.
Targets include command and control operations, intelligence centers, militia rockets, missiles, unmanned vehicle depots and supply chain facilitiesU.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said at the time.
Map depicting the location of Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian-Iraqi border. (Fox News)
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The soldier's death marks an escalation of violence against U.S. forces in the Middle East. At the time, the Biden administration blamed the attack on U.S. support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas.
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