New Delhi, July 19 -- WASHINGTON - Two American service members were killed and one remained missing Friday after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck a United States military base in Jordan overnight, the United States Central Command confirmed, bringing the American death toll in the eight-month conflict with Iran to 18.

The strikes, which hit the Jordanian base during the early hours of Friday morning local time, came on what CENTCOM described as the eighth consecutive night of US aerial operations against Iranian military targets. American forces launched strikes against sites in Iran in the hours that followed, including, according to an unnamed US official cited by Fox News, infrastructure associated with Iran's ballistic m...