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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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US launches airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

A sunken vessel at a site hit by Israeli forces in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida on the Red Sea on Saturday
A sunken vessel at a site hit by Israeli forces in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida on the Red Sea on Saturday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.

In a statement, the US military’s Central Command said the strikes aimed to “disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden”.

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