The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen.

It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.

The White House had blamed an Iran-backed militia umbrella group for Sunday's attack that killed three US soldiers.

Iraq says that the US retaliatory strikes will bring disastrous consequences for the region and that civilians were among 16 people killed.

The US says its strikes on Friday targeted Iran-backed militia groups.

"Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing," President Biden said in a statement on Friday.

Iran has denied involvement in the attack on the US base, calling the accusations "baseless" and saying it was "not involved in the decision-making of resistance groups".

Source: BBC

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