news, the u.s. launches break strikes in he ran in syria, in retaliation for the killing of three u.s. soldiers and jordan. more information from correspondence and the pentagon, white house at this hour, wolf blitzer situation room, i am mark in for wolf. this is cnn breaking news. that s get back to this breaking news, u.s. military retaliating for a deadly attack against a u.s. base and jordan, airstrikes underway in iraq and syria against targets tied to the rain iran backed targets, we are getting new information as we speak, oren liebermann, news of the strikes breaking just moments ago, what we know of the strike? we expect them to be more powerful in many ways, central command, a number of targets the were struck, and what was used to carry out the operation, let me read this out from u.s. central command. at 4 pm eastern time, if every second, forces conducted strikes and iraq and syria against the revolutionary guard and affiliated literary groups, striking
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 october 7t
houthis sites in yemen the second wave of attacks on a round back to proxies in the middle east. it comes at the u.s. launched a live spread campaign across iraq and syria overnight. those strikes retaliating for a drone attack in jordan last weekend that killed three u.s. service members and wounded dozens more. critics are asking if the response will truly deter an increase also iran is the white house tries to avoid an all out war. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. . jon: would be a fox news team coverage of mike tobin live in tel aviv, israel with a reaction from the strongest middle east ally general jack keane on the effect of the u.s. retaliatory strikes but first lucas tomlinson live in las vegas where the president will be campaigning this weekend. what more do we know about the joint effort between the u.s. and the uk? john is the largest airstrike in yemen by the united states and its british allies since the october 7 massacre against israel
the militias that they sponsor. we are also getting some more details on the timing of the response to those three american soldiers killed in jordan last week and how it unfolded throughout this week. just in a moment, i will talk with deputy director for the very latest response from the administration as well as the defense department. but first, we re going to head to the region and nbc news chief international correspondent, who s joining us from iraq. welcome, here, so has the region reacting? what can we expect next? well alex, i think what we saw last night was not insignificant. that is true. but it was also limited. granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven t seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of militia groups and camped there. now, that s a part of that border that runs through
this is the ingraham angle . thank you for joining us. my angle on the border fy in moments. but first, the u.s. military launched n ai air assault against dozens of sites in iraq .and also in syria that werer in used a staging ground for iranian backed. now, these are the first u.s. a military strikes after that dronettack killed three american soldiers and of course, injuring more than 40 others in jordan just last weekend. now, us warplanes struck.s more than 85 targets. they hit facilities, such as the command and control centers and aerial vehicle storage sites. fox news international correspondent mike has beenhing watching all of this from tel aviv. mike, can you tell us?ion now i can tell you, laura that we have confirmation now from the u.s. central command that some 85 local russianst by1 were hit by 125 u.s. munitions at seven different locations, or i shoul hitd say 85 targets t hit at seven different locationm ins, three of them ine of iraq, four of them ins