Analysis: What to make of the US retaliation strikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria https://ift.tt/4ZNKXFD It was meant to sound devastating, and likely felt so to the pro-Iranian militia on the receiving end. But Friday night’s airstrikes against over 80 targets inside Iraq and Syria were — so far — a comparatively limited response to the worst loss of US military life in the region in nearly 3 years.

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