U.S. wages retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq after two U.S. troops killed

The U.S. launched airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Shia militia members in Iraq Thursday in retaliation for a deadly attack in which two American troops were killed, American officials said.  The airstrike targeted militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at Camp Taji, a base north of Baghdad, … Read more

Two Americans and a Briton are killed in rocket attack by Iran-backed fighters on base in Iraq 

Two American troops and one from Britain were killed, and about a dozen people were wounded when 15 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday, said U.S. officials. The number of U.S. troops injured has not been confirmed.  The officials said it was too early to assign blame, but any … Read more