DOD: US Has Four Objectives In The Middle East
Ryder: "Over the past few weeks there have been attacks by Iranian proxy groups at al-Asad air base, Iraq, and al-Tanf, Syria, on U.S. forces there".
Department of Defense: U.S. Has 4 Objectives in the Middle East: The Defense Department currently has four lines of effort in the Middle East, said Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, who briefed the media today.