US military carried out airstrikes on facilities associated with Iran's elite military forces in Iraq and Syria. This is in retaliation for an attack on a military base in Jordan in the Middle East that left three soldiers dead.
Washington bureau reporter Kosuke Watanabe provides commentary on the future outlook for US military attacks. He says the United States would like to avoid the situation escalating. But he says there is a risk that Iranian-backed forces may use their own judgment to escalate attacks against Israel and the U.S.