U.S. military retaliates by striking dozens of Iranian targets

President Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian targets following a deadly drone attack against U-S forces. The U.S. military took aim at dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. White House national security spokesman John Kirby says the targets were carefully chosen based on evidence “that they were connected to attacks on U-S personnel in the region.” He says the Pentagon is in the early stage of battle damage assessment, but the Pentagon believes the strikes were successful. President Biden said the response to the attack on American forces “will continue at times and places of our choosing.”