(CNN) Rockets landed at a US military base in eastern Syria, prompting US forces to return fire on Monday, a day after the US carried out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias, according to a spokesman for the US-led military mission in Syria. Forces in Syria, while under multiple rocket attack, acted in self- defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire at rocket launching positions." "I directed last night's airstrikes targeting sites used by the Iranian-backed militia groups responsible for recent attacks on US personnel in Iraq," Biden said Monday. "There was a process as you might expect, involving the military, State Department, other relevant department and agencies that proceeded these operations," explained one official. That decision could come if Iran continues to develop its nuclear program beyond the limits allowed in the Iran nuclear deal, Blinken said.

Source: CNN June 28, 2021 19:50 UTC