A US service member was killed and another wounded on Saturday while handling explosive remnants from a downed Iranian drone in northern Iraq, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday. The death adds to a growing toll of American casualties linked to Iranian-backed attacks across the region, as US forces also conduct strikes against Iranian military targets.

Separately, CENTCOM confirmed that unidentified remains had been recovered in Jordan, following an earlier Iranian missile attack there in which two US troops were killed and a third reported missing. Further details on the identities of those killed and the exact circumstances of both incidents had not been released at the time of reporting.