Perpetual cycle
US revenge attacks on Iran-backed militias spark Iran-backed militia revenge attacks on US
An Iran-backed militia launched a drone attack on a U.S. base in Syria, defying a weekend of American air strikes and killing six members of a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the umbrella group that sparked the latest wave of U.S. retaliation, claimed responsibility for the drone strike Monday on the al-Omar oil field, which …