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strikes against iran-backed targets in iraq and syria in retaliation for a drone attack that killed three american soldiers. here s the first video we re seeing from the region, an iraqi security official said a u.s. air strike targeted a weapons warehouse and three houses belonging to hezbollah in anbar province. it happens the same day that president biden attending the arrival of troops from jordan. forces conducted the air strikes against iran s islamic revolutionary guard force and afitiated militia groups. they struck more than 85 targets with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the united states. president biden released a statement saying in part, quote, our response began today. it will continue at times in places of our choosing. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this. if you harm an american, we will respond. let me bring in nbc ....
city. we continue breaking news coverage this evening of u.s. air strikes against iran-backed militias in iraq and syria. the military action is a sharp escalation in the administration s effort to stop the rising threat from the iran-backed groups across the middle east. earlier this evening, u.s. central command released video of one of the c1 bombers used to carry out the air strike. and in a call the national security council spokesperson laid out the details of the attack. the u.s. military forces struck more than 85 targets and seven facilities utilized by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps was responsible the facilities in iraq, four of them are in syria. including b1 bombers, u.s. is involved in this operation, firing more than 125 precision guided munitions over the course of about 30 minutes. targets, included command and control centers as well as headquarters buildings and intelligence centers, rocket, missiles, and drone storage facilities, a ....
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good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the octo ....
militants. the pentagon says this is just the beginning of our response to the iran-backed drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers as they slept at remote if outposts in jordan. hello, everyone, and welcome to fox news live, i m arkansas a them neville. eric: thank you for joining us, i m eric shawn. those strikes used long range b1 bombers that flew from the u.s. and hit 85 targets across several locations in iraq and syria all in about 30 minutes. president biden says the reprisal as were a success and will continue, he says, at a time and place of our choosing. yesterday he and the first lady joined the families of those fallen service members for a dignified transfer at dover air force base. the president called them patriots in the highest sense and promised that their sacrifice would not be forgotten. but somed today are saying the u.s. response was too little, too late. we should have gone after these guys a long time ago. to stop the lo ....