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Business Matters: US airstrikes hit targets in Iraq and Syria

US airstrikes hit targets in Iraq and Syria

03/02/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US airstrikes hit targets in Iraq and Syria

Strikes have begun in response to death of three American soldiers in Jordan

The US hit 85 targets linked to Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.

The United States said it launched attacks on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone strike Sunday by Iran-backed militants on a US military outpost in Jordan. 

The US defence secretary says US strikes in Iraq and Syria are “the start of our response". 

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