strength USA and UKsupported by more countries, attacked 36 Houthi militia targets in Yemen in 13 different locations.

“As part of ongoing international efforts to respond to increased destabilizing and illegal Houthi activity in the region supported by Iran, on February 3 at approximately 11:30 pm Central Time, the United States, in conjunction with the United Kingdom Armed Forces and with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand held attacks on 36 Houthi targets in 13 locations in areas of Yemen,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on the social network X, formerly Twitter.

These locations are “controlled by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists,” CENTCOM said.

In the same message, they explained that “these attacks Multilateral coalition focuses on targets in Yemen controlled by the Houthis have been used to attack international merchant ships and US Navy vessels in the region.”

They added that the targets included “several underground storage facilitiescommand and control, missile systems, operational sites and storage areas for unmanned aerial vehicles, radars and helicopters.”

According to US sources cited by the network, the attacks were carried out from the surface as well as from the air using aircraft such as the F/A-18. cnn.

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According to CENTCOM, these attacks are aimed at “reducing the capabilities the Houthis use to continue reckless and illegal attacks on US and British ships.”

He noted that the attacks “are distinct from the multinational freedom of navigation efforts carried out under Operation Prosperity Sentinel, which refers to new multinational initiative under the auspices of the United Maritime Forces, which are responsible for ensuring security in the Red Sea.

On the same Saturday, the US Armed Forces reported the destruction of at least a dozen Houthi drones during a series of incidents last Friday.

The first incident occurred at 10:30 a.m. time in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen (8:30 a.m. Friday in Spain), when the US destroyer USS Carney destroyed the drone in the Gulf of Aden, without any damage or casualties to be regretted.

Four hours later, U.S. Army Central Command launched an attack that destroyed four drones Yemen’s insurgency “ready to launch” from “rebel-controlled areas of Yemen.”

“US forces have determined that they have presented immediate threat to cargo ships and American ships in the area, and that is why they decided to launch a self-defense operation to destroy them,” they explained.

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Finally, at 21:20, the destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 fighters of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group They began an operation that led in shooting down seven insurgent drones over the Red Sea, again without causing any damage or casualties to North American forces.

Yemen’s Houthis control central and northern Yemen. attacked ships merchant ships in the Red Sea in support of the Gaza Strip, the target of an Israeli military offensive. (Europe Press)