US warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks

An aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea Picture: Kaitlin Watt/US Navy/AP

After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if its forces in the Middle East continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an “open-ended military campaign” across the region.

“We are prepared to deal with anything that any group or any country tries to come at us with,” said Jake Sullivan, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser.