US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
BY TARA COPP, ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD AND LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP
The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.