US to continue reprisals for attack on US troops in Jordan

WASHINGTON:US President Joe Biden said the US will continue reprisals for an attack on US troops in Jordan.

"Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing," he said in a statement on the White House website.

He said the US military forces on Friday struck facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack US forces.

Biden also said the US does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world.

"But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond," the US president said.

Biden said the the warriors in this despicable and wholly unjust attack embodied the very best of our nation.

He said,”It is a fight we will not cease”.

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