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US retaliation strikes hit 85 targets in Iraq and Syria, 36 Houthi sites in Yemen
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U.S. strikes hit 85 targets late Friday throughout Iraq and Syria where Iran-backed fighters are deployed. More were sent on Saturday to Houthi sites in Yemen. Here’s what’s known about the attacks.
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US and UK have conducted strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen from air and surface platforms — including fighter jets. At least 30 targets were struck across at least 10 locations, according to two US officials.
The United States sent a second wave of strikes Saturday, in operation with Britain, to 36 Houthi sites in Yemen after targeting dozens of sites Friday in Iraq and Syria.
The United States and Britain struck multiple Houthi sites in Yemen in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups in the region.
The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
The airstrikes come one day after the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias in Syria and Iraq.
The U.S. and U.K. launched airstrikes Saturday targeting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in response to the group's continued attacks in the Red Sea, the countries confirmed in a joint statement.
The second wave of assaults is meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. officials said.
The US and UK said they conducted strikes on at least 30 Houthi rebel targets in Yemen on Saturday, a day after the US struck Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria. Follow for live updates.
U.S. strikes hit 85 targets late Friday throughout Iraq and Syria where Iran-backed fighters are deployed. More were sent on Saturday to Houthi sites in Yemen. Here’s what’s known about the attacks.
The airstrikes, meant to deter attacks on ships in the Red Sea, came one day after the United States struck at other Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
The US says it struck 85 targets linked to Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday in response to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.
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