The United States and Great Britain launched overnight strikes on targets linked to Houthi rebels in Yemen from Thursday to Friday. US President Joe Biden confirmed the attack.
Reuters, citing four U.S. representatives of the Biden administration, first reported that the U.S. and Great Britain launched strikes on targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen overnight from Thursday to Friday. According to the agency, the strike is carried out by aircraft, surface ships and submarines.
It was the first attack on an Iran-backed group since it began attacking international shipping in the Red Sea.
The attack was confirmed by a Houthi representative who told X Platform that airstrikes were being carried out in several Yemeni cities.
British destroyer Diamond in the Red SeaRoyal Navy/PAB/EPA
US President Joe Biden also later announced the attack. – US and British military forces, backed by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, have successfully carried out strikes in Yemen against Houthi rebel targets, he said.
He insisted the strikes were a direct response to Houthi attacks on ships sailing in the Red Sea.
AP: Attacks using fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles
The US and Great Britain strikes on targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen were carried out using Tomahawk warplanes and missiles, the AP reported.
Primarily, military logistics nodes, air defense systems and weapons storage sites were attacked.
Houthi representative Abdul Qadr al-Mortada told Platform X that the Americans and British had carried out airstrikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa and the cities of Hodeidah, Saada and Jamar.
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