The United States and Britain carried out strikes on Saturday, February 24, targeting 18 Houthi targets in eight separate sites in Yemen, in response to attacks by Iranian-backed rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, it was announced. the Pentagon in a press release.
“The Houthis have launched more than 45 attacks on commercial and military vessels since mid-November, posing a threat to the global economy, as well as regional security and stability, and requiring an international response,
” is -he writes in the document.
Joint raids
The Houthis
“will suffer the consequences”
of their attacks, warned Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin.
“The United States will not hesitate to take action, if necessary, to defend human lives and the free flow of commerce on one of the world's most critical waterways
,” it said in another statement. .
These joint air raids in Yemen were carried out with other countries that supported the operation: Canada, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, the statement said.