US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen
.The US and British militaries have bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday (Friday morning AEDT), in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, several US officials told The Associated Press.
The military targets included logistical hubs, air defence systems and weapons storage locations, they said.
The strikes marked the first US military response against the Houthis for what has been a persistent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the war in Israel