Sadly, coronavirus hasn't shut down war yet

The United States has launched a series of air raids in Iraq against several locations of an Iran-backed militia that it blamed for an earlier rocket attack that killed and wounded US and British troops.

Among the facilities attacked late on Thursday was an airport under construction in the holy city of Karbala, an Iraqi airport official confirmed.

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In a statement, the Pentagon said the US conducted "defensive precision strikes" against Kataib Hezbollah facilities across Iraq.

"These weapons-storage facilities include facilities that housed weapons used to target US and coalition troops," it said.

  alJazeera

I didn't know airports were classified as weapons-storage facilities.

Separately, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab described the air raids as a "proportionate" response to the rocket attack south of the capital, Baghdad, that killed two US troops and a British soldier.

"UK forces are in Iraq with coalition partners to help the country counter terrorist activity and anyone seeking to harm them can expect a strong response," Raab said in a statement.

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In the latest rocket attack, responsibility for which has not been claimed, some 14 US-led coalition personnel were also wounded, including US, British, Polish and others. Private industry contractors were among the wounded.

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Earlier on Thursday, US President Donald Trump gave the Pentagon the authority to respond after a rocket barrage killed two US troops and a British soldier, again raising tensions with Iran after the two countries came to the brink of war earlier this year.

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A US official told The Associated Press news agency that the raids were a joint operation with the British. The officials spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.

That is a very deadly combo: US and UK.