U.S. Strikes Hit Most of Targets in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Says

American warplanes destroyed or severely damaged most of the Iranian and militia targets they struck in Syria and Iraq on Friday, according to the Pentagon, the first major salvos in what President Biden and his aides have said will be a sustained campaign. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said on Monday that "more than 80" of some 85 targets in Syria and Iraq were destroyed or rendered inoperable. The targets, he said, included command hubs; intelligence centers; depots for rockets, missiles and attack drones; as well as logistics and ammunition bunkers. It was the first military assessment of the strikes carried out in response to a drone attack in Jordan by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq on Jan. 28 that killed three American soldiers and injured at least 40 more service members. "This is the start of our response, and there will be additional actions taken," General Ryder told reporters without elaborating.