US and British Forces Attack Targets in Yemen Linked to Houthi Rebels

On the 3rd, US and British forces attacked a total of 36 targets in Yemen, including 13 facilities linked to the pro-Iranian Houthi group. Photo: US fighter jets take off on the 3rd (2024, Reuters)

[ワシントン ３日 ロイター] – On the 3rd, US and British forces attacked a total of 36 targets in Yemen, including 13 bases linked to the Houthi rebel group. The day before, he had carried out airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria linked to pro-Iranian groups in retaliation for an attack on a US military facility in Jordan that killed three American soldiers at the end of January.

This is the third attack by the United States and Britain against the Houthis in Yemen.

According to the US Department of Defense, Thursday’s attacks targeted Houthi weapons storage facilities, missile systems, and launchers. They also attacked equipment used by the Houthis to attack ships trying to interfere with shipping in the Red Sea.

“This attack sends a clear message that the Houthis must stop their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels or they will continue to suffer further consequences,” said the US Secretary of Defense, Austin. It was revealed that support was received from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

Although the United States is attacking pro-Iranian forces, it has expressed the view that it does not want war with Iran and that it does not believe that Iran wants war either.

It is unclear how Iran would respond to attacks that do not directly target Iran.

A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said the attacks in Iraq and Syria were “another adventurous and strategic mistake by the United States, which will only increase tensions and instability.”

Iraq called the US ambassador to Iraq to convey a formal protest after the attack by US forces.

According to the Houthi-run Yemeni News Agency (SABA), US and UK forces conducted 14 airstrikes on the 3rd in Taiz and Hodeidah provinces.

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Phil Stewart has reported from more than 60 countries, including Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China and South Sudan. An award-winning national security correspondent from Washington, Phil has appeared on NPR, PBS NewsHour, Fox News and other programs and moderated national security events, including at the Reagan National Defense Forum and the German Marshall Fund. He has received the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence and the Joe Galloway Award.

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