YEMEN: The Houthi rebel group said Sunday that US and British air strikes "will not deter us" and vowed to fight back after dozens of targets were hit in retaliation for the Iran-backed rebels' repeated Red Sea attacks. The joint air raids in Yemen late Saturday followed a separate wave of unilateral American strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Britain's defense ministry said Royal Air Force Typhoon warplanes struck targets, including two ground control stations used to operate attack and reconnaissance drones. Austin said that "coalition forces targeted 13 locations associated with the Houthis' deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars." Both the Iraqi and Syrian governments condemned the Friday strikes, while Tehran said they would "have no result other than intensifying tension and instability."

Source: Manila Times February 04, 2024 16:30 UTC