U.S. Central Command stated “follow-on action” early Saturday native time towards a Houthi radar website was performed by the Navy destroyer USS Carney utilizing Tomahawk land assault missiles. It was the second strike in two days towards the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
“At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces performed a strike towards a Houthi radar website in Yemen,” CENTCOM stated on X.
It added: “This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on Jan. 12 designed to degrade the Houthi’s ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels.”
The strike adopted “multilateral coalition strikes” by the U.S. army forces — along with the UK and with assist from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands — which hit 28 areas and struck greater than 60 targets on Friday, Jan. 12.
US CARRIES OUT ADDITIONAL STRIKE IN YEMEN, OFFICIAL SAYS
On this picture offered on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Hurricane plane returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after placing targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed greater than a dozen websites utilized by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in an enormous retaliatory strike utilizing warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officers stated. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence through AP)
Friday’s early morning multilateral coalition strikes “focused radar programs, air protection programs, and storage and launch websites for a method assault unmanned aerial systems, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles,” CENTCOM stated on X.
Each the preliminary retaliation and Saturday’s singular strike on the radar facility got here after Houthi rebels have launched missiles and carried out assaults over a number of months on industrial transport and commerce vessels within the Crimson Sea.
On this picture offered by the UK Ministry of Defence taken on Thursday Jan. 11, 2024 exhibits an RAF Hurricane plane taking off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed greater than a dozen websites utilized by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday, in an enormous retaliatory strike utilizing warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officers stated. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence through AP)
CENTCOM stated the Houthi rebels have attacked or tried to harass vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden a minimum of 28 occasions since Nov. 19, 2023.
These assaults embrace the usage of anti-ship ballistic missiles, unmanned aerial autos, and cruise missiles.
This can be a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Picture)
“These strikes have no association with and are separate from Operation Prosperity Guardian, a defensive coalition of over 20 countries operating in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and Gulf of Aden,” the assertion continued.
On Thursday, CENTCOM stated dozens of nations have been impacted by the Houthi harassment.
On this picture offered on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Hurricane plane returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after placing targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed greater than a dozen websites utilized by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in an enormous retaliatory strike utilizing warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officers stated. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence through AP)
“We hold the Houthi militants and their destabilizing Iranian sponsors responsible for the illegal, indiscriminate, and reckless attacks on international shipping that have impacted 55 nations so far, including endangering the lives of hundreds of mariners, including the United States,” stated Normal Michael Erik Kurilla, USCENTCOM Commander.
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“Their illegal and dangerous actions will not be tolerated, and they will be held accountable,” Kurilla added.
President Biden has warned that the Houthis might face additional strikes.
