Escalation was to ‘defend US forces and personnel’, says Lloyd Austin as Houthi official says US ‘will pay the price’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US has carried out B-2 stealth bomber strikes on Houthi underground weapons facilities in Yemen for the first time, in an escalation that appears in part to be a warning to the Houthis’ backers in Tehran.Local television in Houthi-run areas of the country reported on Thursday that 15 strikes hit five sites near the capital, Sana’a, and in the northern governorate Saada, the traditional Houthi homeland. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/17/us-strikes-stealth-bombers-houthis-yemen
Author : Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Publish date : 2024-10-17 12:32:04
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