Together with Great Britain
US bombs 36 Houthi militia targets
February 3, 2024, 11:52 p.m
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After the retaliatory actions against Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq, the next blow follows: The USA and Great Britain are shelling positions of the Houthis, who are allied with Iran, in Yemen. Washington and London cite the attacks on ships in the Red Sea as the reason.
One day after the US air strikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria, the American military, together with international partners, shelled Houthi positions in Yemen. Together with the British military and supported by other nations, 36 targets of the Houthi militia, which is also supported by Iran, were attacked in 13 locations in Yemen, the US Department of Defense said in Washington.
In a joint statement from the USA, Great Britain and other countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, it was said that the targets were weapons depots, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems and radar devices. It is the third joint British-American military operation against the militia in recent weeks.
Retaliation against Revolutionary Guards
“These precision strikes aim to disrupt and weaken the capabilities the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent seafarers, and are a response to a series of illegal, dangerous and destabilizing actions by the Houthis,” it said message further. Just a few hours earlier, the US regional command Centcom had announced that the US military had again destroyed several Houthi drones and missiles in Yemen. The Houthis have repeatedly targeted merchant ships on the Red Sea since the Gaza war between Israel and the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas began in October. The militia is acting in solidarity with Hamas and is targeting freighters with alleged Israeli connections off the Yemeni coast.
Only on Saturday night did the US military carry out an extensive retaliatory strike against pro-Iranian militia positions in Iraq and Syria. US forces bombed more than 85 targets from the air at seven locations in both countries – including command centers, intelligence sites and weapons depots that, according to US information, were used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and militias affiliated with them. The Americans were reacting to a deadly attack by pro-Iranian militias a few days earlier in which three American soldiers were killed in Jordan near the Syrian border.