US, Britain launch strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen terrorizing Red Sea shipping
NY Post
The US and Britain launched strikes on more than a dozen Houthi-linked targets in Yemen Thursday — just days after the Iran-backed rebels carried out their “largest attack” to date on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, President Biden announced.
The retaliatory strikes mark the first time attacks have targeted Houthi militants since they began launching their attacks in the Red Sea last year and the first strikes the US has deployed against the Houthis in Yemen since 2016.
“These strikes are in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea — including the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House.
“These attacks have endangered U.S. personnel, civilian mariners, and our partners, jeopardized trade, and threatened freedom of navigation.”
Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands offered their support to the US-British strikes, Biden added.
One US official speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters the strikes were being enforced through aircraft, ships and submarines and were intended to be more than “just symbolic.”
