US and Britain strike greater than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen

The US and Britain have struck greater than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s assaults on transport.

It is the fourth joint motion taken by the UK and the US in an try to discourage assaults by the Iran-backed group on vessels within the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, together with a missile strike this week that set hearth to a cargo ship.

According to US officers, American and British fighter jets hit about 18 websites throughout a number of places, focusing on missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and unmanned floor and underwater autos.

The US fighter jets launched from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower plane provider, which is at present within the Red Sea.

President Biden ordered the strikes after being briefed on the targets on Friday.

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