Nov. 13 (UPI) --The U.S. military conducted retaliatory airstrikes Tuesday in Syria, targeting facilities of Iran-backed militias following rockets launched at U.S. forces in the Middle Eastern country. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that on ...

The US military announced early Wednesday that it carried out strikes against Iran-aligned militia groups in Syria for the second consecutive day in response to a rocket attack on a base housing American troops in Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava).

American forces on Tuesday carried out strikes against targets linked to an Iran-backed group in Syria, the U.S. military said, with a war monitor saying the attacks killed five fighters. The raids were in response to a rocket attack on U.