U.S. forces launched new strikes against Iranian-backed militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, officials said, delivering a blow to the organization Washington has blamed for killing American troops in Jordan. The operation appeared to mark the opening of what officials have said would be a multiday campaign aimed at various targets close to Iran, … Read more
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By Phil Stewart (Reuters) -The U.S. military carried out retaliatory precision air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day by Iran-aligned militants that left one U.S. service member in critical condition and wounded two other U.S. personnel, officials said. At President Joe Biden’s direction, the U.S. military carried … Read more