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AMMAN, Jordan (September 8, 2026) — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a ballistic missile strike on the Al Azraq air base in Jordan on Tuesday, escalating the war between Washington and Tehran hours after U.S. Central Command announced it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island.

The IRGC said the strike targeted maintenance sites, preparation areas, and aircraft hangars used by U.S. forces at the base, deploying a mix of solid- and liquid-fueled ballistic missiles. Iranian state media framed the attack as retaliation for the destruction of the tankers, which CENTCOM said were struck after the IRGC twice targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles over the preceding two days. CENTCOM said the warship evaded those attacks and that no American personnel were harmed in that incident.

As of Tuesday evening, there had been no immediate confirmation from Jordan of damage or casualties resulting from the strike on Al Azraq, and CENTCOM had not issued a public statement addressing the base attack specifically.

Unverified reports began circulating hours after the strike suggesting American casualties. The Hormuz Report, an account tracking the conflict, cited NAYA News, which in turn cited a Jordanian source speaking to Al-Arabiya, in reporting that a large number of U.S. soldiers had been injured, including several with life-threatening wounds, and that the wounded were being transported to Ramstein Air Base in Germany for treatment. The report explicitly noted that the United States had not confirmed either the casualties or any medical evacuations.

Ramstein has served as the main evacuation hub for American service members wounded in the broader Iran war, which began in February 2026 and has produced hundreds of U.S. casualties across bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. In previous incidents at Al Azraq, including a July 17 strike that killed three American service members, CENTCOM has typically released official casualty figures within a day, sometimes revising the count upward as more injuries were identified.

No such figures had been released for Tuesday’s strike as of this report. Given the single-sourcing of the casualty claims and the lack of confirmation from CENTCOM, the Pentagon, or Jordanian officials, the scale of any American injuries from the attack remains unverified.

This is a developing story.