2024-01-12 00:53:33
President Joe Biden said Thursday evening that US and British strikes were “successfully carried out” on Yemen’s capital and other cities in the country controlled by Houthi rebels. He warned that he “would not hesitate” to “order further measures” if necessary.
Published on: 01/12/2024 – 01:53 Modified on: 01/12/2024 – 01:55
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The United States and the United Kingdom carried out strikes on Friday January 12 on the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have increased attacks on ships in the Red Sea in recent weeks, according to several American media.
Joe Biden, the American president, confirmed that they had been “successfully carried out strikes once morest a number of targets in Yemen, used by the Houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation” in the Red Sea.
The American president specified that this operation had benefited from the “support” of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, and warned, in a press release, that he “would not hesitate” to “order other measures” if necessary.
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The strikes involved fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles, US media reported.
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