
US Carries Out Second Strike in Yemen After Houthis Fire Missile in Red Sea
Published on January 13, 2024
The United States carried out a second round of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebel targets in Yemen early Saturday local time, just a day after launching coordinated air strikes with international allies on 28 Houthi positions. The fresh strikes come after the Houthi rebels fired at least one anti-ship ballistic missile into crucial international shipping lanes in the Red Sea on Friday, according to a senior military official. At around 3:45 a.m. Saturday morning local time, the USS Carney, a U.S. warship, used Tomahawk missiles in a follow-up strike on a Houthi radar site in Yemen, aiming to degrade their ability to attack maritime vessels, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated....
