### [2026-09-12](/feed/2026/09/12/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# "The Wall Street Journal" reports that Iran had received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Arab News](https://www.arabnews.com/world/iran-got-chinese-satellite-images-before-deadly-strike-on-us-troops-report-3001481)

### Changes:

1. "The Wall Street Journal" reports that Iran has received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers.  _2026-09-12 22:06:23 (First version)_
1. "The Wall Street Journal" reports that Iran had received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers.  _(Current version)_

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