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The aftermath of the U.S. military strikes targeting sites in Syria and Iraq began coming into focus Saturday morning as a Britain-based Syria monitoring group said that at least 18 members of an Iran-backed group had been killed in strikes there and the Iraqi government said that 16 people had been killed, including civilians.
The White House could launch additionally retaliatory attacks after an airstrike killed three U.S. troops in Jordan, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on Sunday.
President Joe Biden and other top U.S. leaders have been warning for days that the U.S. would strike back at the militias
US forces attack at least 85 targets across Iraq and Syria; US has no plan to bomb Iran, which would be a huge escalation, officials say
Douglas Sims, the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the strikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday night were ordered because the weather was in their favor, allowing a clear view of targets.