US strikes Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen amid rising regional tensions
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CENTCOM says the strikes are a part of its 'effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region'
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CENTCOM says the strikes are a part of its 'effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region'
The US military fired multiple strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the latest escalation against the Iran-backed terror group plaguing the Red Sea.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said its warships and aircraft attacked a number of Houthi-linked sites, including a command center and facilities used for the production and storage of weapons.
U.S. Central Command said it struck the capital, Sanaa, and coastal locations, including a command and control facility and sites that produced and stored weapons.
U.S. Navy warships and aircraft launched multiple strikes against Houthi rebel targets inside Yemen that were being used to attack both civilian merchant and military vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, officials with U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
