US, Britain begin new strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militants

According to officials, the USS Gravely and the USS Carney, both Navy destroyers, launched missiles. They were not authorised to publicly discuss the military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

US strikes 10 Houthi drones, downs 3 unmanned Iranian aircraft

Saturday’s strikes marked the third time the US and Britain had conducted a large, joint operation to strike Houthi weapon launchers, radar sites and drones. But the Houthis have made it clear that they have no intention of scaling back their assault.

On Friday the US destroyer Laboon and F/A-18s from the Eisenhower shot down seven drones fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Red Sea, the destroyer Carney shot down a drone fired in the Gulf of Aden and US forces took out four more drones that were prepared to launch.

Hours before the latest joint operation, the US took another self-defence strike on a site in Yemen, destroying six anti-ship cruise missiles, as it has repeatedly when it has detected a missile or drone ready to launch.

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