Joe Biden

Deadly fighting and air strikes rocked besieged Gaza on Monday, as Iraqi authorities condemned the drone attack that killed three U.S. military personnel in Jordan, calling for an "end to the cycle of violence" in the Middle East.

Statement came a day after an attack that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan heightened fears of a wider regional conflict.

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In the attack, three American soldiers were killed and at least 34 wounded, accusing "radical militant groups supported by Iran" of the drone attack.
"Have no doubt - we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing," Biden said in a statement.

Overnight, a drone attack on a small US outpost in Jordan resulted in the loss of three US Army soldiers' lives, leaving at least two dozen service members injured, as reported by CNN. This marks the first instance of US troops being killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the onset of the Gaza war.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday warned that a drop in aid from the United States to Kiev would send a poor message, as U.S. President Joe Biden faces a Republican blockade on further support.

With an eye on U.S. aid potentially diminishing, Zelensky urged Germany to use its economic weight to rally EU partners to give more to Kiev in its fight against Russia.

Israeli strikes ravaged southern Gaza on Sunday, as the CIA's chief met with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials for ceasefire talks.

Three United States troops were killed by a drone strike in the Jordan-Syria border area. It was the first loss of American military lives to hostile fire since the war began, further raising fears of broader conflict.

Iran denied U.S. and British accusations that it supported militant groups behind a drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. military personnel, Tehran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

"These claims are made with specific political goals to reverse the realities of the region," IRNA quoted foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying.

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops and wounded more than 30 on Sunday, with U.S. President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed Türkiye's expectation from the United States to begin a process for the sale of 40 new F-16 warfighters and additional modernization kits after he approved Sweden's accession protocol to NATO.

U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter to the U.S. Congress urging to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Türkiye, according to the sources.