US, UK launch strikes on Yemen Houthis, targeting military capabilities

The Pentagon announced that on Monday, the US and Britain conducted a further series of strikes against Yemen's Houthis, in response to their attacks on Red Sea shipping.

These strikes focused on an underground storage facility, missiles, and various other military capabilities of the Yemeni de factor ruling group.

In a joint statement with Britain, accompanied by Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, the Pentagon outlined the eight recent strikes. These countries also lent their support to the latest military action, the statement said.

"These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners," the statement said.

The UK Ministry of Defence also said in a statement on Monday that a British aircraft used precision-guided bombs to strike multiple targets near the Sanaa airfield.