US, UK stage multiple airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen

The U.S. and U.K. on Monday staged airstrikes against eight locations in Yemen aimed at stopping Iran-backed Houthi militants from attacking ships in the Red Sea.

The White House has insisted the retaliatory airstrikes — eight rounds so far — have been effective despite repeated Houthi attacks. U.S. Central Command said Monday airstrikes took place at 11:59pm Sanaa time and targeted “missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, radars, and deeply buried weapons storage facilities” and that they were separate from the multinational Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect ships in the Red Sea.

The strike on the underground storage facility marked the first time the U.S. had struck such a facility that they said housed more advanced conventional weaponry than was struck in the initial strike on Jan. 11 said senior U.S. military officials in a briefing with reporters.

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