The United States says it's launched precision strikes against Iranian-backed militants in Iraq, in response to a drone attack on an American airbase there that injured three servicemen.
US forces hit three sites used by the radical Kata'ib Hezbollah group, a move Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin called "necessary and proportionate."
Iraq condemned the retaliation as — quote — a "clear hostile act."
Benji Hyer reports.
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