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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday vowed that the United States would take "all necessary actions" to defend its troops after a drone attack by Iran-backed militants that killed three U.S. service members and wounded dozens more.
Three U.S troops were killed and at least another 40 were wounded in Sunday's attack on the Tower 22 base.
U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged, officials said Monday.
The enemy drone followed the American drone as it approached, but it is not clear if it was intentional or if it was a coincidence.
The US base, known as Tower 22, sits near the demilitarized zone on the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ's southern edge