The U.S. military Sunday evening struck several facilities of two Iran-backed militias in Iran and Syria at the direction of President Joe Biden, the Pentagon said. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, announced the strike in a statement describing the attacks as "defensive precision airstrikes" targeting facilities operated by Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, which have been targeting U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq with unmanned aerial vehicles. The ...