The United States carried out two series of strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed fighters, US officials said on Tuesday, in the first publicly reported US responses in Iraq to dozens of recent attacks against troops in the region.
Until this week, the United States had been reluctant to retaliate in Iraq because of the delicate political situation there.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has limited control over the Iranian-backed militias, whose support he needed to win power a year ago and who now form a powerful bloc in his governing coalition.
The strike on Tuesday evening targeted two facilities in Iraq, the US military said in a statement.—Reuters
