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The United States has blamed Iranian-backed militant groups for a deadly drone attack on an American base in north-eastern Jordan, near the Syrian and Iraqi borders.

President Joe Biden said the US would respond at a time and manner of its choosing following the incident, which killed three service personnel and injured 34 others.

Iran has denied involvement, calling the accusation political.

Malcolm Nance is a former US intelligence officer. He said the base, called Tower 22, is 鈥渞ight on the Jordanian, Iraq, Syrian tri-border axis鈥� and 鈥渋s one of several very small US micro-outposts that were established during the war on terrorism鈥�.

He told Newsday: 鈥淭he Iranians and their proxies have carried out over 160 attacks on US assets and resources throughout the region鈥�and this is the one that finally got through.鈥�

(Picture: Shows a satellite view of Tower 22, the US military outpost in Jordan before it was hit in a drone attack. Credit: Planet Labs Handout via Reuters.)