Iranian heavy missile strikes at the Jordanian-American military barracks

ON 2 SEPTEMBER, IN THE EARLY HOURS OF LOCAL TIME TODAY, 2 SEPTEMBER, THE IRANIAN ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS ISSUED A STATEMENT STATING THAT HEAVY BALLISTIC MISSILES HAD BEEN FIRED AT THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CAMP OFF THE COAST OF AQABA, JORDAN, “DISMANTLING SEVERAL VITAL INSTALLATIONS AND ENEMY ATTACK HELICOPTERS, CAUSING A LARGE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND INJURIES AMONG UNITED STATES TROOPS”. THE STATEMENT STATED THAT IRAN ' S REVENGE CAMPAIGN CONTINUED. EARLIER, AIR DEFENCE ALERTS WERE LAUNCHED IN THE JORDANIAN GOVERNORATES OF MAFRAQ AND AQABA. THE STATEMENTS OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS IN IRAN HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONDED TO BY THE UNITED STATES FORCES AND JORDAN. THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS HAD PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD BEGUN ITS COUNTER-ATTACK AGAINST THE AGGRESSORS AND STATED THAT, IN ITS FIRST OPERATION, NEW AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS HAD BEEN USED TO SHOOT DOWN THE U.S. MILITARY MQ-9 DRONE. (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)