The US announced it carried out airstrikes to destroy five missiles in Yemen on Sunday, a day after a wave of US-British air raids on the country in response to attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
The US military “conducted a self-defense strike” against a “Houthi land attack cruise missile” and then against “four anti-ship cruise missiles prepared to be launched against ships in the Red Sea.” for the Middle East (Centcom) on social networks.
Washington “detected missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they pose an immediate threat to US Navy ships and commercial shipping in the region,” Centcom added.