CNNW The July 5, 2024
sites used by iran-backed mil militants. the pentagon says it's payback for attacks on american troops who are increasingly being targeted in the region. here's cnn's pentagon correspondent oren lieberman. >> reporter: rising tensions in the middle east with u.s. fighter jets carrying out a series of strikes in iraq against taiib hezbollah. mourners leading a funeral procession through the streets of baghdad as u.s. central command said the strikes likely killed a number of militants. president joe biden ordered the strikes after katayyib hezbollah, recognized by the u.s. as a terror...