National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan teased that the Biden administration is planning to launch additional retaliatory strikes on Iranian proxy targets.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan teased that the Biden administration is planning to launch additional retaliatory strikes on Iranian proxy targets.
Last week, the US fired off two separate rounds of strikes on Iranian proxy targets in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen following last month’s killing of three soldiers in Jordan from a drone strike.
“The president has been very clear from the beginning,” Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“When American forces are attacked, we will respond and we’ve responded several times.”
“We intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to send a clear message that the United States will respond when our forces are attacked.”
Sullivan revealed that the military is still assessing the casualty account from the strikes conducted Friday and Saturday.
“We do believe that the strikes had a good effect in degrading the capabilities of these militia groups to attack us,” he said.
