Overlooking a refugee camp housing 15,000 people in northern Jordan, the secret outpost of Tower 22, on the border with Iraq and Syria, has long been strategically important to the US.
Tower 22 holds a strategically important location in Jordan, at the most northeastern point where the country's borders meet Syria and Iraq. Tower 22 is near Al Tanf garrison, which is located across the border in Syria, and which houses a small number of U.S. troops.
US News: A drone strike at Tower 22, a military outpost in Jordan, resulted in the death of three US servicemembers. The attack raises questions about the base