United States Red Sea Attacks
WASHINGTON, DC– President Biden says strikes from both the U.S. and U.K. against Houthi militants in Yemen are in direct response to Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea. U.S. officials say American and British forces bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis. The military targets included air defense systems –weapons storage and launching locations. The President says the attacks were carried out with backing from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands.
The strikes on the Houthi targets marked the first U.S. military response to what has been an ongoing series of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
