Earlier on Saturday evening, the United States said it had carried out strikes on Houthi cruise missile launch sites detected in Yemen.
On Saturday, the United States and Britain carried out their third joint and extensive attack on several targets of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The US and British armed forces carried out strikes on a total of 36 targets in 13 locations, according to a joint statement by Britain and the United States and the allied countries that supported them in the bulletin.
According to the release, the targets of Saturday’s attacks were, among other things, the Houthis’ underground weapons depots, missile systems, air defense systems and radar stations.
– This collective action sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will continue to suffer the consequences if they do not stop their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels, said the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in his own statement.
Houthis: Sanaa is also the target of attacks
Houthi TV channel of al-Masirah according to the US and British attacks on Saturday, the capital of Yemen, Sana’a, which is controlled by the Houthis, was among others. Houthi-run news agency Saban according to the Taiz and Hodeida provinces, a total of 14 attacks were carried out on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday evening, the US Middle East Command Center (Centcom) said In the X message service having carried out strikes on the launch sites of Houthi cruise missiles. Centcom wrote in its message that it considered the Houthi cruise missiles detected in Yemen and yet to be launched as an immediate threat to maritime traffic in the region.
The Houthis have been carrying out airstrikes from Yemen on ships sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for several months. According to Huhtie, the attacks are a protest against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
The US struck in Syria and Iraq the day before
On Friday, the United States struck 85 targets in Syria and Iraq that are used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its allies. The attacks targeted seven places.
According to the Iraqi government, at least 16 people, some of whom were civilians, were killed in the attacks. At least 23 pro-Iranian fighters died in Syria, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The United States responded with strikes last Sunday to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers. The attack was carried out by armed groups supported by Iran.
Sources: AP, Reuters, AFP