News Alert: US launches retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked militia targets in Iraq and Syria

News Alert: US launches retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked militia targets in Iraq and Syria

The US has begun conducting airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria, the start of what will likely be a series of larger-scale US strikes on Iranian-backed militias who have carried out attacks on US troops in the Middle East, according to two US officials.

The retaliatory strikes came in response to a drone strike by Iran-backed militants on a US military outpost in Jordan on Sunday, which killed three US service members and wounded more than 40 others.

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