According to the Ministry of Defence, two Voyager tankers and four RAF Typhoons “joined US forces in a deliberate strike against Houthi sites in Yemen”.
The UK has “no quarrel” with the Yemeni people, according to the foreign secretary, but the US and Britain want to demonstrate that “we back our words and our warnings with action”.
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“Since we last took action 10 days ago, there have been over 12 attacks on shipping by the Houthis in the Red Sea,” he said in a Tuesday speech to broadcasters.
“These attacks are unacceptable and against the law.
“What we have done again is send the clearest possible message that we will continue to degrade their ability to carry out these attacks while sending the clearest possible message that we back our words and our warnings with action.”
Lord Cameron stated that “we shouldn’t accept the Houthi narrative,” adding that the Yemeni government also doesn’t buy the idea that the strikes in the Red Sea are related to the fighting in Israel and Gaza.
“What the Houthis are doing is attacking shipping indiscriminately and trying to close a vital sea lane, whereas we want to keep that sea lane open.”
For the second time, the US and the UK jointly attacked Houthi military targets in Yemen last night.
The UK, US, Bahrain, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands released a joint statement stating that the strikes were directed towards a Houthi underground storage site as well as areas linked to the Houthis’ missile and air surveillance capabilities.
The Houthi attacks on “international and commercial vessels” in the Red Sea, it continued, “constitute an international challenge”.
According to the Ministry of Defence, two Voyager tankers and four RAF Typhoons “joined US forces in a deliberate strike against Houthi sites in Yemen”.
It further stated that “multiple targets at two military sites in the vicinity of Sanaa airfield” were struck by Paveway IV precision-guided bombs.
The Ministry of Defense continued: “These locations were being used to enable the continued intolerable attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea.”
It stated that a “very rigorous analysis” was conducted, which included choosing to launch the attack at night, to reduce the possibility of civilian casualties.
The Houthis, who back Hamas, have been attacking ships they believe are either bound for Israeli ports or have ties to Israel. Still, the group has attacked foreign vessels on multiple occasions.
