The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that U.S. warships and aircraft conducted multiple airstrikes on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 targeting Houthi rebel sites in Yemen.
These new U.S. strikes come as the Houthis, an Iranian-backed Zaydi Shia Islamist faction also known as Ansar Allah, have continued to launch missile and drone strikes on Israel and harass ships transiting the Red Sea.
CENTCOM announced that U.S. Navy warships and aircraft specifically targeted a Houthi command and control facility in Yemen, as well as facilities they’ve used to produce and store advanced conventional weapons. CENTCOM said these facilities helped launch attacks targeting both U.S. Navy warships and merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden….