US strikes Iran-backed groups as Israel-Hamas war rages: Live updates
11:58 p.m. ET, February 3, 2024
US and UK have carried out strikes on over 30 Houthi targets in Yemen. Here’s what you need to know
US-led coalition conducts airstrikes in Yemen in response to the Houthi aggression at the Red Sea on February 3.
US Central Command
The US and UK carried out the strikes with the support of several other countries, according to a joint statement on Saturday.
“Today’s strike specifically targeted sites associated with the Houthis’ deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars,” the statement released by the US, UK, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand said.
The Houthis said US and UK warplanes struck multiple provinces in Yemen, including the capital of Sanaa.
Two US destroyers fired Tomahawk missiles as part of the strikes, a US official told CNN. The USS Gravely and USS Carney fired the land-attack cruise missiles and F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were also involved, officials said.
CNN’s Eyad Kourdi contributed to this post.
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