US-led coalition airstrikes are underway against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to a US official, one day after a rocket attack that killed two American service members and one British service member
US-led coalition airstrikes are underway against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to a US official.
The strikes come one day after the US assessed an Iranian-backed group was responsible for a rocket attack on a base where coalition forces are located, killing two American service members and one British service member. Fox News was first to report on the strike.There have been multiple rocket attacks in Iraq in recent weeks, but Wednesday's was the first to cause a US death since December, when a US contractor was killed.
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