US Defense Secretary: We know what we hit

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to reporters following the US air strike on Iranian-backed militias in Syria.

"I'm confident in the target that we went after, we know what we hit. We're confident that that target was being used by the same Shia militants that conducted the strikes," said Austin, who said he recommended the action to Biden.

"We said a number of times that we will respond on our timeline," Austin said. "We wanted to be sure of the connectivity and we wanted to be sure that we had the right targets."