US and UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen

The US and UK launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. This was reported by CNN and BBC . According to television channels, aircraft, ships, submarines, and Tomahawk cruise missiles were involved in the strikes. “Numerous” Houthi targets were reportedly targeted.

In turn, a representative of the Yemeni Houthis said that the Yemeni capital Sana'a, as well as the cities of Hodeidah, Saada and Dhamar, were hit.

A CNN interlocutor in the American administration said that the US and British military struck at least ten targets. He said the targets were chosen based on how much they could weaken the Houthis' ability to attack shipping in the Red Sea.

US President Joe Biden later commented on the strikes on Yemen . “Today, on my orders, U.S. forces, together with the United Kingdom and with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, successfully struck a number of targets in Yemen used by the Houthi rebels to threaten freedom of navigation along one of the world's most critical shipping lanes. "These strikes are in direct response to the Houthis' unprecedented attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, including the first-ever use of anti-ship ballistic missiles," he said, calling the strikes "defensive actions."

On January 10, the UK Ministry of Defense announced that ships of the British and American fleets had repelled the largest attack in recent times by the Yemeni Houthi movement Ansar Allah in the Red Sea. According to the British military, the Houthis attacked US and British ships with Iranian-made missiles and kamikaze drones.

Yemen's Houthis have been attacking military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea since last fall. They call their actions a response to “American-Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.”

last December In response, US Defense Lloyd Austin announced the launch of international Operation Prosperity Sentinel . Its goal, he said, will be to counter the Houthis from Yemen and ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea. Together with the United States, Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain are taking part in the operation.

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