The United States announced Thursday February 8 that it had carried out strikes targeting four surface drones and seven cruise missiles
“ready to be launched against ships in the Red Sea”
by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
These drones and missiles were
“identified in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis”
and represented
“an imminent threat”
, declared the United States military command for the Middle East (Centcom) on X (ex-Twitter) .