US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen
The US Navy said missiles hit 14 Houthi military targets that were preparing to launch further salvos at merchant vessels.
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00:00 The US militaries fired a fourth barrage of missiles at Houthi targets following the Yemeni
00:05 group's latest attack on a commercial ship in the Red Sea.
00:09 The Navy said missiles were fired from ships and submarines in the region and hit 14 military
00:14 targets that were preparing to launch further salvos at merchant vessels.
00:19 The Pentagon says Thursday's airstrikes were also aimed at the Houthis' command structure.
00:25 In our assessment, we hit what we intended to hit with good effects.
00:31 Again, the objective here was to disrupt and degrade Houthi capabilities to conduct attacks.
00:37 And we believe that overall, in terms of the scope and the number of strikes that we took,
00:41 we have degraded their ability to attack.
00:45 Attacks by both sides have increased in recent days, including attempts by the Houthis to
00:49 hit US and British naval ships.
00:51 Washington has now designated the Houthis a global terrorist group.
00:55 The Houthis claim they're attacking Israeli-linked vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza,
01:00 but some have had no connection to the country.
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