The Department of Defense reported on Saturday that US and coalition forces had carried out more than two dozen strikes against Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated that thirteen locations containing deeply buried storage facilities, missile systems, launchers, air defense systems, and radars were the targets of the assaults.
With assistance from the United Kingdom, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, the strikes were carried out.
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On Saturday evening, in self-defense, the Biden administration issued an order to intercept six Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles that were positioned to engage vessels in the Red Sea.
US Forces Detect Houthi Cruise Missiles
According to US Central Command, the cruise missiles were detected in certain areas of Yemen and were determined to pose an imminent danger to U.S. naval and commercial vessels in the region.
The United States carried out a further self-defense strike on Thursday that targeted numerous projectiles that Houthi militants in Yemen, who had Iran’s support, were preparing to launch. Since January 11, the United States has executed over twelve missions against the Houthis.
On Friday, US forces conducted a succession of attacks against unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the Houthi at different times during the day. An American anti-aircraft mission inside Yemen is struck down, an official says.
A few days prior to the most recent attacks, three US Army soldiers were slain in Jordan. The Biden administration has held accountable the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of militias with Iranian support that also includes the militant organization Kataib Hezbollah.
Since their disappearance earlier this month during a mission in the Red Sea, two US Navy SEALs have been deemed deceased. Prior US strikes haven’t stopped attacks on American forces.
Since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict in October, Iranian-backed militant groups have launched at least 166 rocket, missile, and one-way attack drone strikes against US bases in Iraq and Syria, eliciting roughly a half-dozen US counterstrikes against militant facilities in both countries.