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US strikes Iran-backed militias in Iraq after series of attacks on American forces
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The strikes came hours after the U.S. said militants fired two one-way attack drones at al-Asad Air Base, injuring U.S. service members and damaging infrastructure.
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U.S. forces on Tuesday struck three sites in Iraq used by Iran-backed Shiite militias, Pentagon officials said, in a move that comes just days after a militia attack on an American air base in Iraq left several U.S. personnel wounded.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq on Tuesday, targeting an Iranian-backed militia in retaliation for missile and drone attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria over the past several days, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
The U.S. has carried out strikes in Iraq against Iran-linked groups following attacks against U.S. troops stationed in the country, as some were injured.
Two U.S. officials told CBS News the U.S. is striking targets in Iraq on Tuesday to retaliate for attacks Iranian-backed militias have been launching against U.S. forces.
U.S. forces carried out strikes in Iraq against facilities used by Iran-backed militias south of Baghdad on Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.
The strikes came hours after the U.S. said militants fired two one-way attack drones at al-Asad Air Base, injuring U.S. service members and damaging infrastructure.
The strikes were in response to the UIran proxy group Kataib Hezbollah's massive ballistic missile attack on al-Asad air base Saturday and an attack on al-Asad today, a U.S. defense official told Fox News.
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD — The United States carried out strikes in Iraq against three facilities linked to Iran-backed militia on Tuesday, the Pentagon said, after a weekend attack on an Iraqi air
Washington said the strikes were a response to attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria. Recent months have seen an uptick in US strikes in Iraq and Yemen.
US forces bombed sites used by Iran-backed militants in Iraq early Wednesday after a spate of attacks targeting US personnel, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said, killing two people, according to Iraqi…
The U.S. strikes hit militia facilities in Jurf al-Sakhar, which is south of Baghdad, al-Qaim and another unnamed site in western Iraq, two U.S. officials said.
The strikes were “in direct response” to a series of attacks by Iranian-sponsored militias against U.S. and coalition personnel in Iraq and Syria, the defense secretary said.
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