JERUSALEM, Israel – The U.S. says it’s planning more attacks, along with Britain, against Iranian-backed militias after carrying out dozens of airstrikes against targets in Syria and Iraq, as well as the Houthis in Yemen.
The Biden administration is responding to the killing of three American military personnel in an attack on Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan last week. Tower 22 is a U.S. military base near the Syrian and Iraqi borders of Jordan.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced, “This was the beginning of our response. There will be more steps. Some of those steps will be seen. Some may not be seen but there will be more action taken to respond to the death – the tragic death – of the three brave U.S. service members.”
Conservatives have argued that the Biden team’s weak retaliatory strikes had not worked so far, with 160 enemy attacks on U.S. bases or ships since mid-October.
Sullivan added, “We cannot rule out more attacks from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria or from the Houthis. We have to be clear about that. The president is being clear about that – has told his military commanders that they need to be positioned to respond to further attacks as well.”
He warned if Iran
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