The U.S. launched airstrikes Sunday night against three facilities on the Iraq-Syria border, which the Pentagon says Iran-backed militias have been using to carry out drone attacks on U.S. personnel.
U.S. officials have been growing increasingly alarmed by the use of small, low-flying drones — rather than traditional rocket fire — to covertly strike U.S. targets in Iraq. These new, sophisticated drones are much harder to detect and apparently they cannot be jammed.
Some are saying it’s overdue — but yet others aren’t so sure. After all, should the president really have so much authority over potentially devastating use of force? Here’s what Biden is facing.
More Top Political Headlines
What is this new advocacy group and why does it matter?
Biden defends infrastructure deal as AOC joins WH climate protest
House passes bills to make U.S. science more competitive with China
Biden mistakes length of 8 day European trip
Exposing the failures of the country’s top general