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US airstrikes hit targets in Iraq and Syria

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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(Picture: Dignified Transfer of fallen US service members at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, USA. Picture credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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