U.S., U.K. launch new round of joint strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
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U.S. and U.K. military forces late Saturday night launched joint airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, officials announced. The airstrikes come one day after the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on more than 85 targets of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias in Syria and Iraq in response to last weekend's drone strike on a Jordanian base which killed three U.S. service members . Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that "this collective action sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels." The militaries of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand also provided support, according to a joint statement released on behalf of all nations involved in Saturday's actions. The strikes struck 36 Houthi t...