DAMASCUS: The United States launched overnight airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, drawing condemnation from both governments on Saturday, and promised more to come in retaliation for a deadly attack on American troops.
(UPDATE) WASHINGTON, D.C.: A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops, with United States President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for the first US military deaths in the region since the Israel-Hamas war began.
A top leader of an Iran-backed terrorist group was killed in an airstrike by the U.S. military forces in Iraq Thursday. Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a leader of the Harakat al-Nujaba terrorist group that is operating both in Iraq and Syria, was killed in a self-defense strike in Baghdad, Pentagon press secretary Maj.
Beirut, Lebanon: Air strikes in eastern Syria likely launched by Israel killed at least 19 pro-Iran fighters Saturday, a war monitor said, reporting three more dead in the country s north.