Biden canceled an air strike against a second target in Syria last week after a woman and children were seen in the area, a senior official told NBC News.
A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday called for the repeal of presidential war powers granted by Congress in 1991 and 2002, which would revoke authorization for military force in the Middle East, as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran.
U.S. President Joe Biden says the air strike against an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria should be seen by Tehran as a warning against any further aggressive actions. 'You can't act with impunity,' he told reporters on February 26 when asked what the message was from the air strikes announced a day earlier. 'Be careful,' he added during a stop in Houston as part of a tour to inspect relief efforts in the storm-ravaged state of Texas. The U.S. Defense Department on February 25 announced the air strikes in response to rocket attacks earlier this month on an Iraqi base housing U.S. and coalition troops, saying they sent 'an unambiguous message [that] President Biden will...