King Faisal Air Base shooting

The King Faisal Airbase shooting was a fragging incident that occurred on 4 November 2016 at King Faisal Air Base, a Jordanian air force installation near Al-Jafr, when three U.S. Army Special Forces trainers from 5th SFG who were stationed at the base were deliberately killed by a Jordanian soldier who was guarding the base's entrance. The American soldiers had been returning from a training exercise in a convoy when they were fired upon by First Sergeant Marik al-Tuwayha at a vehicle checkpoint resulting in a shootout.

The incident marked the second time in less than a year that American trainers had been killed in Jordan and caused a dispute between the governments of the United States and Jordan while also raising questions of what role U.S. soldiers were playing in Jordan. The Jordanian government formally charged al-Tuwayha with murder and intent to kill, provoking anger from certain elements of Jordan's population, including the influential Howeitat tribe. After a month-long trial, al-Tuwayha was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor in July 2017. Provided by Wikipedia