ah, the us secretary of state is defending the air strikes against power, military and armed groups along the iraq, syria border. anthony blank and says the strikes will send a strong message. iraqi and iranian governments have condemned the attacks. the strikes targeted, the popular mobilization forces, an umbrella group of arraignment back to fighters. and we can't begin to coverage from back that this is the moment the usaid it hit are popular mobilization forces base ne, iraq's outcome border crossing with syria. the air strikes happened in the early hours of monday, targeting both sides of the crossing on the rocky side, a base use with drone attacks with hit a statement from the u. s. department of defense fed. the targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by iran back militias that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against us personnel and facilities in iraq. d, rocky military spokesman issued a strong statement. we condemn the usa attack that targeted a site last night on the rocky syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of rocky serenity and a rocky national sec