Lloyd Austin says president ‘will not tolerate attacks on US forces’, as Qatar warns that reprisal attacks could undermine Israel hostage talks
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US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to take “all necessary actions” to defend US troops after Iran-backed militants killed three US troops and wounded dozens more in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
“The president and I will not tolerate attacks on US forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the US and our troops,” Austin said at the Pentagon on Monday.