WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.
President Joe Biden said in a statement: “The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.”
Biden and other top U.S. leaders had been warning for days that America would strike back at the militias, and they made it clear it wouldn’t be just one hit but a “tiered response” over time.
#BREAKING: As a result of the #USAF's airstrikes at the #IRGC linked targets in #Iraq, #KataibHezbollah has lost tons of its rockets and ballistic missiles. Watch explosion of the rockets as a result of the fire caused by a US airstrike at one of the KH's warehouses in #Iraq! pic.twitter.com/EW2KAkmE6r
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) February 2, 2024
