US strikes Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68144478
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- The US has launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq in response to Sunday's drone attack on a US military base that killed three soldiers
- US Centcom says its forces conducted airstrikes against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force and affiliated militia groups
- "Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing," President Biden said in a statement on Friday
- Three US soldiers were killed and more than 40 personnel injured in a drone attack at a US base called Tower 22
- The White House blamed Iran and vowed a "very consequential response"
- Iran denies involvement, calling the accusations "baseless" and saying it was "not involved in the decision-making of resistance groups"
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