A facility used by Iran-backed militia groups near the western Iraq-Syria border region after the attacks. (Photo: US army)

The US army launched airstrikes Monday morning against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region. The Pentagon said President Joe Biden authorized the strikes in response to earlier attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.

7 members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed and others injured by the airstrikes. Some of the facilities were destroyed. The PMF said they will retaliate.