On January 28, a drone crashed into a base in Jordan, killing three US soldiers.
Washington:
The U.S. military said Sunday it carried out airstrikes against five missiles in Yemen, including one intended for a land attack and others aimed at ships. The attack came a day after U.S. and British forces launched a wave of airstrikes against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the third round of their joint military campaign against the rebels’ ongoing attacks on shipping.
Central Command said the U.S. military “conducted a self-defense strike against a Houthi land cruise missile” and later hit “four anti-ship cruise missiles, all of which were intended to be launched against ships in the Red Sea” (CENTCOM ) stated on social media.
U.S. Central Command added that U.S. forces “discovered these missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they pose an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels in the area.”
The Houthis began targeting Red Sea shipping in November, saying they attacked Israel-linked ships in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been ravaged by Israel’s war with Hamas.
U.S. and British troops launched strikes against the Houthis, who later declared U.S. and British interests also legitimate targets.
Israel’s destructive campaign in Gaza, which began with an unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7, has fueled growing anger across the Middle East, triggering violence by Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
On January 28, a drone crashed into a base in Jordan, killing three U.S. soldiers and injuring more than 40 others, an attack that Washington blamed on Iranian-backed forces.
The United States responded on Friday with a series of unilateral attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria and Iraq.
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