BEIRUT — Since President Joe Biden entered the White House, Iranian-backed militants across the Middle East have struck an airport in Saudi Arabia with an exploding drone, and are accused of assassinating a critic in Lebanon and of targeting U.

With strikes in Syria, Biden confronts Iran’s militant network

US jets carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, two days after a US contractor was killed in Kirkuk, north Baghdad. The Pentagon said it carried out strikes against militant groups in Iraq and Syria.

US carries out airstrikes against militant groups in Iraq, Syria

The Russian military said the United States carried out airstrikes in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone in breach of previous agreements, inflicting numerous casualties and endangering a ceasefire, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.

Russia says US strikes Syria's Idlib, puts ceasefire at risk: Reports

The Russian defense ministry said the US strikes had an 'extremely low' impact and only half of the 59 reported US missiles found the target

UN to meet today to discuss US strike on Syria