U.S. plans more retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militias

The United States plans to carry out further military strikes against Iranian-backed militias in retaliation for killing three American soldiers. White House officials say Friday’s strikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria were “the beginning, not the end” of the U-S response. Jake Sullivan said President is not seeking a wider war in the Middle East. But Sullivan also told NBC’s Meet the Press that if Iran “chose to respond directly to the United States, they would be met with a swift and forceful response.”