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The United States and Britain launched new airstrikes against Iranian targets late Saturday, hitting 36 Houthi rebel group targets in Yemen and fulfilling a pledge to continue military action against the groups. which have attacked the interests of the West in the region.
In a press release, the US said the attacks were carried out by warships and warplanes.
The strikes are part of the United States' retaliatory response to a drone strike in Jordan last month that killed three American soldiers.
For this attack, Washington blamed Iran and its allies operating in Syria and Iraq.
According to the announcement, 13 different locations in Yemen were hit by US F/A-18 fighter jets and US warships in the Red Sea.
On Saturday, US officials said they believed air strikes on dozens of Iran-linked sites in Syria and Iraq on Friday were successful and warned of additional strikes.
Allies of the United States supported Washington's actions, while Iran, Iraq and Syria expressed anger at a time of concern about the spread of the conflict in the Middle East region.
The UK and Poland issued statements in support of the US strikes, saying the US has the right to respond and warning Iran's proxies in the region that "they are playing with fire".
Tehran said it "strongly" condemns the US airstrikes.
Iraq announced on Saturday that it has summoned the American charge d'affaires in Baghdad to a meeting in protest.
Reports from Iraq and Syria suggested that around 40 people were killed in the attacks in seven areas, four in Syria and three in Iraq on Saturday.
Earlier, Baghdad said 16 troops of a state security force known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which also includes Iranian-backed entities, were killed in the attacks. Previously, he had said that there were also civilians among the killed.
The head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Andulrahman, said 23 guards in the targeted areas had been killed.
US President Joe Biden had warned of imminent intervention after a drone attack on a US base in Jordan killed three US soldiers on January 28.
"Our response began today. It will continue in the places and times we choose," US President Joe Biden said in a statement shortly after Friday's attacks began.
"The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world. But those who might seek to harm us, know this: If you hurt an American, we will respond," Biden said. /REL
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