MORE than 85 targets that belonged to Iran-linked militias and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were struck in Iraq and Syria, according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
American forces launched the airstrike a few days after President Joe Biden said he has decided how the U.S. will respond to the strike but did not specify how it will be done.
The strikes on Friday were in response to the death of three American soldiers at the Tower 22 base in Jordan on January 28.
The attack claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq also injured more than 40 others.
Their death marked the first time U.S. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since Hamas launched the surprise attack toward Israel on October 7.
Meanwhile, a different photo of the three U.S. soldiers that have surfaced online at the height of the attack in Jordan was labeled as “miscaptioned”.
Washington-based news website The Daily Caller said the photo of the three white men in uniform that surfaced online were identified as special forces soldiers killed in Jordan in 2016, and not 2024, based on a news article published by the Military.com in the same year.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday said his country will not start any war but will strongly respond to anyone who bullies the Islamic Republic.
On the same day, U.S. President Joe Biden warned Washington will respond if an American will be harmed.
White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby on the hand emphasized that the United States is not seeking conflict with Iran or in the Middle East, but said the strikes that started Friday evening will not end in one day.
