Nonilex, 
#UnitedStates conducts retaliatory strikes in #Iraq & #Syria in response to the #drone attack that killed 3 US soldiers in #Jordan.
Acc/to a #DOD ofcl, a series of #military #strikes against #Iran-backed #militants in ~6 sites in Iraq & Syria, marked a sharp #escalation of the #war in the #MiddleEast that the #Biden admin has for 4 months sought to avoid.
#geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/02/world/us-iran-strikes-middle-east-news/us-strikes-iranian-proxies?smid=url-share