U.S., U.K. launch new round of joint strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

U.S. and U.K. military forces late Saturday night launched joint airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News.

The airstrikes come one day after the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on more than 85 targets of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias in Syria and Iraq in response to last weekend's drone strike on a Jordanian base which killed three U.S. service members.

Saturday night's airstrikes came in addition to self-defense strikes that were launched earlier Saturday evening targeting six Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles that were being prepared for launch against ships in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command said.