Jordan's Armed Forces announced Saturday they had intercepted 79 out of 85 missiles and drones fired directly from Iran toward Jordanian territory during the second week of the US-Israeli war against Tehran.
King Abdullah II © Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jordan's Armed Forces announced Saturday they had intercepted 79 out of 85 missiles and drones fired directly from Iran toward Jordanian territory during the second week of the US-Israeli war against Tehran.
According to the military communiqué, the projectiles targeted "vital sites" across the kingdom. Six projectiles were not intercepted - five drones and one missile - while debris from 93 missiles and drones fell across the majority of Jordan's governorates, leaving nine people wounded.
The figures paint a picture of relentless Iranian aggression against a country that shares no direct role in the conflict. During the first week of the war, Jordan had already reported 119 missiles and drones fired toward its territory - bringing the two-week total to over 200 projectiles launched by Tehran against the Hashemite Kingdom.
The war was triggered on February 28, when the United States and Israel launched a large-scale operation against Iran - during which Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed. Since then, Iran has been firing retaliatory strikes across the region, targeting Gulf states, Iraq and Jordan indiscriminately.
For Amman, the message from Tehran is becoming impossible to ignore: Iran is not just targeting its enemies. It is targeting its neighbors.
Jordan has intercepted the vast majority of incoming fire - but no air defence system is perfect. And with over 200 projectiles launched in two weeks, the margin for error is shrinking.
Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed U.S. campaign against Iran would not continue for "too long" after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July.
Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November's midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, four people familiar with the discussions said, a strategy already under strain as the U.S. and Iran exchanged back-and-forth attacks overnight.
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