{"id":47162,"date":"2024-02-03T18:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abnews.com.au\/?p=47162"},"modified":"2024-02-03T18:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:06:51","slug":"us-retaliatory-strikes-hit-iran-linked-targets-in-syria-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/?p=47162","title":{"rendered":"US retaliatory strikes hit Iran-linked targets in Syria, Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United States blamed the Sunday drone attack on Iran-backed forces but did not strike the country&#8217;s territory in response, with Washington seeking to deter future attacks while stopping short of all-out war with Tehran &#8212; something both sides have sought to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,&#8221; US President Joe Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes targeted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force as well as &#8220;affiliated militia groups,&#8221; with American forces hitting &#8220;more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States,&#8221; the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan. The United States blamed the Sunday drone attack on Iran-backed forces but did not strike the country&#8217;s territory in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-47162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-us-retaliatory-strikes-hit-iran-linked-targets-in-syria-iraq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}