INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
According to officials, the U.S
officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a military operation, said Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands
contributed to the mission, including with intelligence and surveillance.In a joint statement, the six allied nations said the strikes
military official told reporters the strikes dropped between 25 and 30 munitions and hit multiple targets in each location, adding that the
The official said this is the first time such advanced weapons were targeted.The official also said fighter jets from the USS Dwight D
Eisenhower aircraft carrier conducted strikes, and other ships involved included the USS Gravely and USS Mason, both naval destroyers, and
the USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser.The joint operation comes about 10 days after U.S
military response to what has been a persistent campaign of Houthi drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the
And Jamal Hassan, a resident from south Sanaa, told The Associated Press that two strikes landed near his home, setting off car alarms in
Houthi-run satellite news channel, said there were raids on three areas of Sanaa: al-Dailami Air Base just north of the capital, Sarif,
northeast of the city center, and al-Hafa, which is south of Sanaa.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke with President Joe Biden earlier
strikesThe latest barrage of allied attacks marks the eighth time the U.S
has conducted strikes on Houthi sites since Jan
And it follows an almost-daily assault on Houthi missile launchers by U.S
Houthis from their campaign against Red Sea shipping, and that the broader regional war that the U.S
and allies warned of retaliation for weeks, and the White House and a host of partner nations issued a final warning on Jan
3 to the Houthis to cease the attacks or face potential military action.That threat, however, had little noticeable effect
The Houthis continued to attack ships in the region, including at times appearing to target U.S
Navy and U.S.-owned ships, in addition to the wide range of commercial vessels.Of the eight strike missions on Yemen this month, all but the
two with Britain were conducted by the U.S
a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Gulf of Aden and was prepared to launch, according to Central Command.The Biden
administration has also put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists
The sanctions that come with the formal designation are meant to sever violent extremist groups from their sources of financing, while also
allowing vital humanitarian aid to continue flowing to impoverished Yemenis.U.S
But Biden and others have acknowledged that the rebels are well-equipped by Iran and are likely to continue the attacks.The Houthis,
and international partners to take extraordinary steps to defend them through a joint mission named Operation Prosperity Guardian, in which
they provide a protective umbrella for vessels traveling the critical waterway that runs from the Suez Canal down to the Bab el-Mandeb
Strait.About 400 commercial vessels transit the southern Red Sea at any given time
