US launches airstrikes against Iraqi and Syrian militias. Three US soldiers were killed and dozens more injured in the shelling of a military base in northeastern Jordan near the border with Syria.
US President Joe Biden blamed a pro-Iranian group for the attack and announced a response. Some Republicans are calling for more aggressive countermeasures to the attacks against the U.S. military. More soon at SPIEGEL.de eru/dpa/Reuters. The airstrikes targeted more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the militias they support.