Middle East

NPR _ Jordan, a small but strategically important U.S. security partner, doesn't want to be involved in the conflict, NPR’s Jane Arraf tells Up First. The country hosts a large but low-profile U.S. military presence and also has a peace treaty with Israel. On Sunday, the U.S. Embassy warned of threats to the Aqaba tourist resort. Jordan denied Aqaba had been threatened, but Iranian missiles struck its airport shortly afterward. Iran said it hit U.S. transport and command aircraft.