According to the US Armed Forces, the strikes were aimed at launch sites prepared in Yemen, which contained a total of 14 Houthi rebels’ missiles.
The US military says it has carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The headquarters of US forces in the Middle East, Centcom, told the messaging service in X, that the strikes were aimed at launch sites prepared by the Houthis, which had a total of 14 Houthi missiles. According to Centcom, the attacks were carried out at midnight on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.
According to Centcom, the attacks weaken the Houthis’ ability to continue their attacks against international maritime traffic in the waters near Yemen.
– The actions of Iran-backed Houthi terrorists continue to endanger international maritime traffic, said Centcom Commander, Gen. Michael Kurilla in the headquarters’ X message.
The Houthi rebels also confirmed the US strikes on their own media channels. The Houthis blamed the United States and Britain for the attacks in five different areas in Yemen.
The Houthis attacked a US-owned cargo ship
The Houthis have recently carried out a large number of airstrikes on cargo ships in the waters close to Yemen.
Last Wednesday evening, the Houthi rebels carried out an aerial attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.
The British maritime authority UKMTO said on Wednesday evening In the X message service, that the fire on the ship that started as a result of the impact had been extinguished. Centcom told the messaging service in Xthat the ship’s crew was not injured in the impact and that the damage to the ship was minor.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels confirmed they were behind the attack. According to the Houthi spokesperson, the target of the attack was a US-owned ship sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands.
The Houthis have recently carried out numerous airstrikes on cargo ships passing through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. According to the rebels, the attacks support the Palestinians in Gaza.
The United States has said that it intends to classify the Houthis as a terrorist organization again.
Sources: Reuters, AFP