Dozens more U.S., U.K. strikes target ‘deeply buried’ Houthi targets
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The strikes from the United States and United Kingdom targeted Houthi sites, including 'deeply buried' weapons caches, as well as air defence systems.
The United States and United Kingdom have launched “proportionate and necessary strikes” against 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen, according to a joint military statement issued through the Canadian Forces on Monday.
The joint statement says these strikes were done with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, echoing language used in announcements over recent weeks of previous U.S.-U.K. strikes on the group’s infrastructure.
According to the statement, the strikes targeted sites associated with the Houthi’s “deeply buried” weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defence systems and radars.
The Houthis are an Iran-backed rebel group that has been attacking western commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea in opposition to Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
On Jan. 17, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. government would designate the Houthis as a terrorist group after a 30-day implementation period due to the attacks in the Red Sea. Officials said the U.S. would “immediately reevaluate” the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) designation if the Houthis cease their attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
These strikes are intended to “disrupt and degrade” Houthi capabilities as the militant group has launched more than 30 attacks on commercial and naval-vessels in the Red Sea.
Previous joint strikes from the U.S. and U.K. targeted the Houthis on Jan. 11, 22 and 27.
About 400 commercial vessels transit the southern Red Sea at any given time. And the ongoing violence has prompted companies to reroute their ships, sending them around Africa through the Cape of Good Hope instead — a much longer and less efficient passage.
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