US launches airstrike against Iranian-backed forces in Syria

DAVID PRATT ON THE WORLD: America is back ... and Biden shows it’s not gun shy

Last week, the US president ordered the first use of military force since taking office with retaliatory air strikes against Iranian-backed militias. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines what it signals about Washington’s ‘new’ approach in the region

The Tough Message Biden Just Sent Iran

With an airstrike against Iran-backed Syrian militias, President Joe Biden signaled in a measured and direct way -- more than his previous two predecessors -- that Iran can no longer use militias in Syria and Iraq as proxies to attack western, especially American, interests anywhere in the region, writes David Andelman.

Biden’s Syria Airstrikes May Feel Like Trump Déjà Vu. Here’s What’s Different.

Bloomberg/GettyAmerican airstrikes on Iran-linked paramilitaries in Syria this week were a deterrent response to attacks on U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq. Yet they also to seem have been a conscious refutation by the Biden administration of the Trump administration’s wild, dangerous approach to both Iraq and Iran.Trump’s recklessness almost ignited a regional war. The Biden team’s handling of Thursday’s airstrikes looks very intentionally un-T…

Airstrikes in Syria kill 22 in Joe Biden's first military act as president • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Strikes against Iran-backed fighters were retaliation for attack on US-led forces in Iraq, says Pentagon The Pentagon said said the location of the strikes was used by two Iraqi pro-Iran groups operating under the Hashed umbrella. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images   Joe Biden has carried out his first military action as president, with […]

U.S. airstrike against Iranian-backed militants in Syria was a message from Biden. What comes next?

U.S. airstrike targeting Iranian-backed militants in Syria was meant as a message from President Biden. What message Tehran took away is unclear.

Congress split on US strikes in Syria on Iran-backed militia - Austin Daily Herald

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration defended the U.S. military airstrikes in Syria as legal and appropriate Friday, saying they took out facilities that housed valuable “capabilities” used by Iranian-backed militia groups to attack American and allied forces in Iraq. John Kirby, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, said members of Congress were notified before the Thursday strikes […]The post Congress split on US strikes in Syria on Iran-backed …