US launches airstrikes against Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria

The US launched airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday as it began its retaliation for a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan last week.

The Pentagon said in a statement that it had conducted airstrikes against “Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups,” beginning at midnight local time and hitting more than 85 targets with long-range bombers flown from the US….