President Trump authorized major airstrikes against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, marking the largest U.S. military operation in the region under his administration. The strikes aim to counter Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping routes and send a strong warning to Iran.
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The Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, had initiated a series of attacks on Israel and targeted commercial and military ships in the Red Sea
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The strike, carried out by the Navy destroyer USS Carney, targeted a radar site deemed a threat to commercial vessels. This comes a day after the US and Britain conducted multiple airstrikes on Houthi rebels.
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The strikes, conducted from both air and sea, come in response to the Houthi movement’s attacks on ships and represent a regional expansion of the conflict beyond the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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This incident is part of a series of attacks by Houthi militants on commercial shipping, marking the 14th and 15th incidents since October 17, as reported by the US Central Command.
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