U.S., U.K. Launch Major Strike Missions on Houthi Missile, Drone Infrastructure

The U.S. and U.K. conducted a major round of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen amid the group’s ongoing attacks on commercial shipping and warships in the Red Sea. Including help from Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Bahrain, the U.S. and the U.K. hit eight targets in “proportionate and necessary strikes,” according to a joint statement from the six countries. “These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in response to a series of illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi actions since