US, UK strike dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen

The United States and the United Kingdom announced that they bombed dozens of targets in Yemen on Saturday, February 4, in response to repeated attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against ships. The airstrikes in Yemen come a day after a series of American strikes against elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed groups in Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for the January 28 deaths of three American soldiers in Jordan.

This is the third joint operation by the United States and the United Kingdom against the Houthis, and American forces have also carried out lone airstrikes against the rebels, who have nevertheless continued their attacks.

Details of targets

36 rebels were targeted in Saturday’s strike “At 13 locations in Yemen in response to continued Houthi attacks on international and commercial maritime traffic and warships transiting the Red Sea”., detailing a joint press release from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries that provided their support for the operation. The attack was targeted “Deeply buried arsenals, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems and Houthi radars”Adds a document.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the strike “Aimed to further disrupt and degrade the capabilities of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia to carry out its reckless and destabilizing attacks.” “Coalition forces have targeted 13 sites associated with the Houthis’ deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems and radars”he added.