American fighter jets carried out more strikes against Yemen’s Houthis on Tuesday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, less than a week after the first US military operations in the wartorn country in years.
The Houthis targeted and struck a US-owned and operated container ship on Monday. In response, US forces struck and destroyed four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles.
“These missiles were prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and presented an imminent threat to both merchant and US Navy ships in the region,” a US defense official told Al Arabiya English earlier in the day.