The White House on Monday defended air strikes launched over the weekend on the facilities of two Iran-backed militia groups on the border between Syria and Iraq, the second such attack by the Biden administration in four months.
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, said President Joe Biden “feels confident that the strikes that he announced yesterday were necessary, appropriate and deliberate actions designed to limit the risk of escalation”.
The attacks risk stoking tensions in the region just over a week after Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner, won Iran’s presidential election.
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