The anticipated attacks on the Houthis by the U.S. and the U.K. have begun.
Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs reported on the airstrikes.
BREAKING: The US and the UK have launched airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis. The Iran-backed militant group set off a series of attacks in the Red Sea in the past two months, firing missiles at container and military ships on an almost-daily basis. @business https://t.co/MHD7oYZsFw
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 11, 2024
The U.S. launched the attacks from the USS Eisenhower, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement is predictably already calling for action to support the Houthis.
The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement condemned the strikes and urged “the people of the Arab and Islamic nation to take action.”
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 12, 2024
USS Florida, a guided-missile submarine, also fired…
