The US carried out strikes against Iranian-linked forces in Iraq and Syria on Friday, hitting targets that included elements of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in retaliation for a drone attack that killed three American troops based in Jordan.
The US military’s Central Command said 85 targets at seven separate facilities were hit, including those associated with the IRGC’s Quds Force as well as Iranian-backed militia in the region. It was the first of what President Joe Biden said would be a series of retaliatory strikes.
“Our response began today,” Biden said in a statement released after the strikes were carried out. “It will continue at times and places of our choosing.”
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