Washington vowed to respond to the strike carried out by a drone against the “Tower 22” base in Jordan, killing 3 American soldiers and wounding dozens of others. In the past, US intelligence services specifically pointed the finger at the "Islamic Resistance in Iraq", a group of widely influential Iraqi factions with close relations with Tehran.

Military expert Riyad Qahwaji says that the United States “may seek to strike weapons depots (in Iraq) and areas from which drones are launched, and will try to identify depots that contain missiles"