The U.S. and Britain on Monday launched strikes against several targets inside Yemen in the latest response to continuing attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against merchant ships and naval vessels operating in the Red Sea.
American and British military units struck eight Houthi targets in Yemen, including an underground storage site and locations linked to the rebel group’s missile and air surveillance operations, officials said in a statement.
“These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners,” according to a joint statement issued Monday by the U.S., the U.K., and other countries involved in the mission to protect merchant vessels in the region.
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