US forces announced that they had carried out air strikes against five missiles in Yemen on Sunday 4 February, the day after a wave of US-British air raids in the country in response to attacks by Houthist rebels in the Red Sea, Ednews reports referring to LeMonde.
The US military "conducted a self-defence strike" against "a Houthi land attack cruise missile" and then against "four anti-ship cruise missiles, all prepared to be launched against ships in the Red Sea", the US Middle East Command (Centcom) said on social networks.
Washington "identified the missiles in Houthist-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they posed an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region", Centcom added.
On Saturday, Washington and London conducted airstrikes against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels - their third joint military action in response to attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea.
