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The US and UK have just conducted strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen from air and surface platforms, including F/A-18s. At least 30 targets were struck across at least 10 locations, according to two US officials

Iranian Foreign Minister: U.S. attacks against Yemen hinder a political solution in the region

Iraqi Prime Minister @mohamedshia announced one day general mourning for those who killed by the US attacks on Iranian Backed Groups in Iraq yesterday evening

Islamic Resistance in Iraq: We attacked the "Kharab al-Jir" base deep inside Syria with drones, and we confirm the continued destruction of enemy strongholds.

Russian Foreign Ministry: We call for a session of the UN Security Council to study the situation following the U.S. strikes

The Iraqi Parliament: The international coalition forces are now threatening the security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq and must be removed immediately

Leader of the PMF, Hadi Al-Amiri: The Iraqi Prime Minister must quickly end the foreign military presence

Tehran's ambassador to Syria: Yesterday's U.S. attack did not target Iranian bases and advisors

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summons the Chargé d'Affairs of the US Embassy in Baghdad "to protest the American aggression"

ABC Network, citing the Director of Operations at the US Joint Chiefs of Staff: Our strikes included 3 facilities in Iraq and 4 in Syria

Iranian Foreign Ministry: The U.S. attacks represent a "dangerous mistake" that will lead to increased tension and instability in the region

Iranian Foreign Ministry: We strongly condemn the American military attacks on a number of areas in Syria and Iraq

The Iraqi government: U.S. falsified the facts by claiming that the strikes were coordinated in advance with us

The Iraqi government states; the recent ‘blatant’ aggression resulted in the loss of 16 lives, including civilians, with 25 individuals sustaining injuries. Additionally, there were damages to residential buildings and private property owned by citizens

Iran-backed militias targeted Harir Air Base in northern Iraq, where US troops are stationed

CENTCOM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups continue to represent a direct threat to the stability of Iraq, the region, and the safety of Americans. We will continue to take action, do whatever is necessary to protect our people, and hold those responsible who threaten their safety." - said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, US CENTCOM Commander.

"This is the start of our response," @SecDef says in new statement

Jordanian aircraft are also slated to join in the US operation and have been assigned targets - WSJ

POTUS: "Our response began today.  It will continue at times and places of our choosing."

An Iraqi security source: Bombing the Al-Tafuf command headquarters in the residential complex in the Akashat area

PMF 13th brigade operations headquarters was targeted in Akashat, western Iraq

Airstrikes targeted the security square belonging to the IRGC militias in the outskirts of Al-Tamo neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Al-Mayadeen in eastern Syria

The recent strike that targeted the Syrian-Iraqi border points moments ago hit a military vehicle that was smuggled through the PMS crossing from the military passage in the Al-Humeida area near the Syrian village of Al-Hari. The military vehicle was carrying weapons

The moment of the USAF airstrikes on Al-Qaim, western Iraq

CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Stikes in Iraq and Syria. At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States. The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces

Airstrikes targeting Ayash warehouses in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zur

B1 bombers involved in the strike, per DOD official: The U.S. has begun retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq and Syria

Initial reports of airstrikes targeted Qaim, western Iraq

Renewed U.S. raids on sites in Al-Qaim

Two new raids target military sites in Al-Quria and Al-Bukamal in Deir ez-Zor

U.S. strikes have targeted multiple facilities in Iraq and Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the militias it backs, officials say

Airstrikes just moments ago targeted the outskirts of Al-Mayadeen city in eastern Syria, hitting the Haydariya farms with 4 missiles. A barracks for personnel and a checkpoint at the gate were hit. Simultaneously, the Qouriyah desert east of Deir ez-Zur was bombarded

Air strikes now on the desert of Al-Mayadeen, east of Deir ez-Zur

Fox News, according to an American official: The strikes are the beginning of a long campaign to target Iranian agents in Iraq and Syria

Syrian media: The U.S. attack targeted 12 sites in Al-Mayadeen, Al-Bukamal, and the vicinity of the Al-Qaim crossing

Iranian media: 10 killed in the recent bombing of Deir ez-Zor

Local sources: Bombing on joint points of Syrian forces and Iranian-backed forces in the town of Ayyash in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

Airstrikes, believed to be Israeli, at Al-Bukamal and Al-Mayadin and Deir Ez Zor ongoing now

Drone activity in the border areas of Syria and Iraq, complete evacuation of border points by Iranian-backed militias

Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria are issuing a direct order to personnel on the borders between Syria and Iraq to vacate the border points immediately

Biden arrives in Delaware to receive the bodies of soldiers killed in an attack on an American base in Jordan

B-1 bombers departed from Lakenheath Air Base in UK on a mission directed towards the Middle East

The US Treasury announces new sanctions related to Iran