The White House said it’s weighing potential responses to a deadly attack on a US base in Jordan by Tehran-backed militants over the weekend, as both Washington and Tehran seek to avoid a direct confrontation over the widening Middle East conflict.
President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure to respond to the drone assault, which killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens of others. They were the first Americans to die from such an attack since regional tensions were inflamed by the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in October.
