Iran’s calculations are based on years in which Iran has carried out attacks around the region and has never faced any retaliation.
Iran is seeking to improve the capabilities of its drones. It has now had almost ten years to use them throughout the region.
The US role in Jordan and Syria has an essential role to play in maintaining the regional stability that Iran is trying to erode.
This is the first time that US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the war in Gaza.
Prior to the war, Hamas's strength lay at around 30,000 fighters. Last week, the IDF reported that 9,000 of this total had been killed.
Since the Israel-Hamas war began last October, the US military has come under attack at least 100 times in Iraq and Syria, usually with a mix of rockets and attack drones.
The flyover came on the eve of Republika Sprska Day, a separatist holiday unrecognized by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia.
The US military carried out retaliatory air strikes in Iraq after a drone attack earlier by Iran-aligned terrorists that left one US service member in critical condition, and two others wounded.
A US base in Iraq's Erbil that houses US forces came under attack from a one-way drone earlier on Monday, leading to the latest US casualties.
A statement by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group representing several Iraqi armed factions with close ties to Tehran, said five of its members had been killed, and vowed retaliation.
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