An aircraft takes off to join the U.S.-led coalition to conduct airstrikes against military targets in Yemen. (U.S. Central Command/X)
The U.S. hit four Houthi missile sites in Yemen in a preemptive strike, an American official said.
The preemptive drone strikes were executed by the Air Force after a Houthi missile struck a U.S.-owned and operated dry bulk ship with an anti-ship ballistic missile, the official said. The strikes were reported earlier Tuesday by Reuters.
It was a far more limited attack than the 70 airstrikes that the U.S. and U.K. launched against targets in Yemen last weekend.
Addressing those attacks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, said “we are not looking for regional conflict.” He said the goal was “to stop the spread of conflict” and “create the conditions for de-escalation.”
With assistance from Daniel Flatley.
