Britain and American forces have carried out another joint operation to bring down Houthi targets in Yemen (Picture: Ministry of Defence/X)
The UK has launched yet another wave of attacks on Houthis in Yemen alongside US forces.
At least 30 Houthi targets have reportedly been struck after missiles were launched by British and American ships and fighter jets.
It comes as part of an effort to further disable Iran-backed groups that have attacked attacked American and international interests since the Israel-Hamas war escalated, US officials said.
Today’s strikes follow an air assault in Iraq and Syria on Friday that targeted other Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan last weekend.
Several attacks on Houthis have already been carried out by the UK and US.
Houthi targets in 10 different locations were struck by US F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier and by American warships firing Tomahawk missiles from the Red Sea.
Today’s strikes were launched from UK and US ships and fighter jets (Picture: EPA)
Houthi troops have targeted ships in the Red Sea in the last month (Picture: EPA)
There are growing concerns over the escalating conflict (Picture: EPA)
The USS Gravely and the USS Carney, both Navy destroyers, launched missiles.
Saturday’s strikes marked the third time the US and Britain had conducted a large, joint operation to strike Houthi weapon launchers, radar sites and drones.
But the Houthis have made it clear that they have no intention of scaling back their assault.
On Friday, the US destroyer Laboon and F/A-18s from the Eisenhower shot down seven drones fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Red Sea, the destroyer Carney shot down a drone fired in the Gulf of Aden and US forces took out four more drones that were prepared to launch.
Hours before the latest joint operation, the US took another self-defence strike on a site in Yemen, destroying six anti-ship cruise missiles, as it has repeatedly when it has detected a missile or drone ready to launch.
It comes amid growing fears that Nato is preparing for the potential breakout of World War Three with its biggest training operation in 33 years.
Just last week, Brits were warned they could face conscription within the next six years if Vladimir Putin isn’t defeated as Russia’s war on Ukraine rumbles on.
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