In this photo released by the US military’s Central Command on January 22, 2024, US Central Command forces alongside UK Armed Forces, and with the support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conduct strikes on eight Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi rebel-controlled areas of Yemen. – The United States and Britain launched new strikes on Yemen’s Huthis January 22, saying their second round of joint military action against the Iran-backed rebels was in response to continued attacks on shipping. American and British forces carried out a first wave of strikes against the rebel group on January 11, and the United States launched further air raids against missiles that Washington said were ready to launch and posed a threat to both civilian and military vessels. (Photo by Handout / US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / CENTCOM ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / CENTCOM ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
UK vows continued action against Huthi attacks
Britain has affirmed on Tuesday its commitment to impede the Huthis’ capacity to target shipping in the Red Sea.
In this photo released by the US military’s Central Command on January 22, 2024, US Central Command forces alongside UK Armed Forces, and with the support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conduct strikes on eight Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi rebel-controlled areas of Yemen. – The United States and Britain launched new strikes on Yemen’s Huthis January 22, saying their second round of joint military action against the Iran-backed rebels was in response to continued attacks on shipping. American and British forces carried out a first wave of strikes against the rebel group on January 11, and the United States launched further air raids against missiles that Washington said were ready to launch and posed a threat to both civilian and military vessels. (Photo by Handout / US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / CENTCOM ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / CENTCOM ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
Britain on Tuesday vowed to keep hampering the ability of Yemen’s Huthis to attack Red Sea shipping, following the latest joint-US strikes on the Iran-backed rebels.
American and UK forces struck Huthi targets on Monday, their second round of joint military action after a first wave of strikes against the rebel group earlier this month.
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Foreign minister
“Since we last took action 10 days ago, there have been over 12 attacks on shipping by the Huthis in the Red Sea,” foreign minister David Cameron told broadcasters.
“These attacks are illegal. They are unacceptable.
“What we have done again is send the clearest possible message that we will continue to degrade their ability to carry out these attacks… (and) that we back our words and our warnings with action,” he added.
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The latest US-UK strikes were against “eight Huthi targets in Yemen in response to the Huthis’ continued attacks on international and commercial shipping as well as naval vessels transiting the Red Sea”, Washington and London said in a joint statement with other countries that supported the military action.
“These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Huthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners,” the statement said.
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Since the first joint strikes, the United States has also launched individual air raids against missiles that Washington said posed imminent threats to both civilian and military vessels.
Huthis
But the Huthis have vowed to continue their attacks — just one part of a growing crisis in the Middle East linked to the Israel-Hamas war, which has raised tensions across the region as well as fears of a broader war directly involving Iran.
The Huthis warned on Tuesday that the US, UK strikes would not go “unanswered and unpunished”.
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