US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that his country intends to launch more strikes in the Middle East. On Friday, the United States began a wave of "retaliatory strikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria" Sullivan said, "What happened on Friday was the beginning of our response, not the end, and there will be further steps, some visible and some perhaps invisible" Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said his country is not the place designated for sending messages and showing strength between opponents.