Iran's Proxies Fire Back After U.S. Airstrikes

Just hours after U.S. fighter jets bombed facilities used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxies in Syria early Friday, the proxies fired back -- launching an attack drone at U.S. forces in western Iraq. American air defenses shot down the drone a few miles from Al Asad Air Base, causing no injuries or damage on the ground, U.S. officials said on Friday. Pentagon officials also said that rockets were fired into northern Syria on Friday but landed far from American troops. Pentagon officials have attributed the attacks to Iran-backed militias. But the tit-for-tat raised questions about whether the airstrikes that were carried out after a flurry of rocket and drone attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria can achieve one of their major goals: to deter further attacks.