US launches strikes in Iraq on militia groups backed by Iran
by Oliver Holmes and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6J369)
Pentagon calls attacks necessary and proportionate', after US personnel were injured in a weekend attack in Iraq
The US has carried out retaliatory strikes in Iraq against three facilities linked to Iran-backed militias, the Pentagon has said, raising concerns about an escalation of violence in the Middle East.
The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said in a statement that the attacks on Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iran-linked groups were necessary and proportionate". The strikes came after a weekend attack on an Iraqi airbase that wounded US forces.
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