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Secretary mark esper, speaking to reporters off camera, says there are indications militias loyal to iran are planning further attacks. >> do i think they may do something? yes. and they will likely regret it. ssy eporter: the embassy has been reinforced by more than 100 marines, and joint chiefs chairman general mark milley says it is secure. >> anyone who attempts to overrun that will run into a buzzsaw." >> reporter: im ian lee in baghdad where tensions are still eigh. teerican apache attack ...

Last night. hes pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. his family says he has a long history of mental illness. the secretary of state and secretary of defense addressed u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria. the strikes targeted facilities tied to an iranian backed militia. its been blamed for a recent deadly rocket attack on a u.s. military base. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline. im craig melvin. where was harvey? los angeles detectives were determined to question him about the...

Rocket attacks specifically hitting ammo facilities and command and control facilities that they believe hand hand had intelligence were directly involved in the most recent rocket attack. so i think that it was well planned and executed. >> all right. john kirby, thanks for being with us. russias vladimir putin is thanking president trump for sharing information, well have more on their first phone call in months. that is just ahead. billions of mouths.

And why do you think it took this long for the u.s. to retaliate on this one? >> i think that it is also important to remember that there have been nearly a dozen rocket attacks on u.s. bases and coalition forces in the last year or so. so this particular rocket attack that killed a u.s. contractor was after so many. and i personally think that it was probably the death of these u.s. contractor which probably tipped the u.s. government over the edge. my guess is that they had been planning optio...

Targeted hezbollah has ties to the iranian regime and pit ron and they are responsible for the rocket attack on friday that killed an american contractor and injured for u.s. service members. according to the pentagon, there were two strikes in syria, three in iraq targeting weapons facilities and also command post. according to that organization it also referred to as a has blood brigade, 19 of the fighters were killed and dozens injured. there are reports online today that they are calling for...

Laura: a fox news alert, the u.s. launches defensive airstrikes against iranian-backed militia forces in iraq and syria, and this move coming in retaliation after fridays attack on an iraqi coalition base that killed an american citizen. trey yingst is live in our mideast bureau with the very latest on this. hi, trey. >> reporter: hi there, laura, and good afternoon. we are getting more information this evening in the middle east about those u.s. strikes earlier today against five separate targe...

Militia group. that group does have links directly to tehran. there are reports that this is the group responsible for a rocket attack at an iraqi base on friday that left one american contractor killed and four injured u.s. service members. according to the department of defense, two strikes took place in syria, three in iraq, targeting command locations and weapons facilities. reports from the ground do indicate there were casualties, and there are iraqis today in former leadership positions t...

To reuters, and our lucas tomlinson over at the pentagon saying that he has spoken with defense officials who say u.s. f-15s were used in the strikes in iraq and syria. the big question now, how the iranians will respond to this retaliation by the united states in response to that friday rocket attack that did leave one american citizen dead. we are getting reports out of baghdad this evening that the iraqis and the iranians are meeting to determine the next steps in the region x there are also ...

Against the united states or its allies, there would be a strong response. this does appear to be in direct response to that rocket attack that took place on friday. laura? laura: okay. trey yingst, thank you so much for that live report. eric? eric: this as the taliban, we are told, have agreed to a temporary ceasefire now, a sign that the group is ready to approve a peace deal with the united states. an agreement would pave the way for the white house to start bringing some of the 12,000 troop...

Kata hezbollah militia group backed by iran. they say the strikes were in response to a rocket attack on a u.s. military base on friday that killed a civilian contractor and injured four service members. lets bring in malcolm nance to get more on all of this. malcolm, what do we know of whats playing on right there in iraq and syria with the u.s.? >> what youre seeing has been building up for a long time. ever since the iranians started backing iraqi militias, they have been falling into iranian...