{"id":63509,"date":"2025-04-30T17:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63509\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:39:14","slug":"the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom-launch-a-joint-attack-on-houthi-facilities-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63509\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States and the United Kingdom launch a joint attack on Houthi facilities in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a joint military operation carried out on Tuesday night, British and US forces attacked a Houthi military target in Yemen<\/strong>, the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The attack targeted a complex identified by intelligence as a drone manufacturing centre used to attack ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden<\/strong>. The operation took place at dusk, a time chosen to minimise the risk of civilian casualties, according to the statement, which also reported that the aircraft returned without incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the first time the UK has publicly acknowledged its participation in a joint operation with the United States<\/strong> since President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration intensified its offensive against the Houthis, backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in March.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <strong>Washington has launched more than 800 strikes against Houthi targets<\/strong>, targeting both military infrastructure and commanders responsible for missiles and drones, according to official data. These strikes have reduced Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the area by 40%, according to estimates by international analysts.<\/p>\n<p>Although London has been part of a coalition since early 2024 aimed at protecting maritime routes from Houthi attacks, its actions have so far been low-key. In contrast, <strong>Washington has carried out numerous unilateral attacks.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Un hombre revisa los da\u00f1os en una casa en el lugar de los ataques estadounidenses en San\u00e1, Yemen, el 20 de marzo de 2025 - REUTERS\/ KHALED ABDULLAH&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025032110321692116.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nA man checks the damage to a house at the site of U.S. strikes in Sana&#8217;a, Yemen March 20, 2025 &#8211; REUTERS\/ KHALED ABDULLAH<\/p>\n<p>The British statement did not provide details on possible casualties from the attack. However, Houthi media reported this week that a previous US bombing killed 68 people in a detention centre for African migrants, an incident that is being investigated by the US Department of Defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Houthis, who control large areas of Yemeni territory, have been launching attacks on ships in the Red Sea since November 2023,<\/strong> claiming that these ships were linked to Israel. These actions have had a negative impact on international trade, as the Gulf of Aden is one of the world&#8217;s most important shipping routes. They have also regularly fired ballistic missiles into Israeli territory, although most are intercepted before impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a joint military operation carried out on Tuesday night, British and US forces attacked a Houthi military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,9192,393,9191,32709,4884,32711,32710,1144,32712,32708,712,16,15,49,659,1764,11853],"class_list":{"0":"post-63509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eeuu","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-estados-unidos","13":"tag-etats-unis","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-le-royaume-uni","16":"tag-le-yemen","17":"tag-northern-ireland","18":"tag-portada","19":"tag-reino-unido","20":"tag-scotland","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-wales","26":"tag-yemen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}