Iran claims an attack on a US base in Jordan, with the Jordanian army saying it shot down five missiles at dawn. And the US most certainly did not down all the Iran missiles aimed at the Jordan base. The Iranian attack raised the prospect of renewed escalation, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated assurances that diplomacy with Tehran was making progress. The US said it intercepted an Iranian attack on military bases, ending a dayslong pause in fighting and increasing the risk of a return to full-blown war in the Middle East. “All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted.