US begins retaliation for deadly drone attack on its soldiers

First lady Jill Biden, left, and President Joe Biden walk past Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Feb. 2, 2024, during the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base for the three service members killed in a drone strike at an American base in Jordan earlier in the week/Photo: AP

WASHINGTON: The United States has begun carrying out airstrikes in the Middle East in retaliation for last Sunday’s fatal drone attack on an American base in Jordan.