“The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.” ET, its forces had “successfully completed a heavy wave of strikes” against Iran in response to the previous day’s attempted missile attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East. Later Wednesday, Trump again signaled a military response during remarks at the White House. The strikes followed Tuesday’s attempted Iranian ballistic missile attack against U.S. forces stationed in Jordan. Hours after the attempted missile attack, the United States and Saudi Arabia launched strikes against Iran-backed militia targets in Iraq.