US-UK airstrikes reported on Houthi targets in Yemen second night in a row

As of Monday morning, the coalition had not issued a statement about the strikes.

 A fighter jet is launched from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during a strike against what the U.S. military describe as Houthi military targets in Yemen, February 3, 2024 (photo credit: US NAVY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
A fighter jet is launched from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during a strike against what the U.S. military describe as Houthi military targets in Yemen, February 3, 2024
(photo credit: US NAVY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

The coalition led by the US and UK carried out airstrikes against targets belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi militia in western Yemen on Sunday night, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah news, marking the second wave of widespread strikes reported within 24 hours.

According to Al-Masirah, eight strikes targeted locations in Ras Isa and three strikes targeted locations in Az Zaydiyah. Additionally, four strikes targeted sites in the Saada Governorate.

As of Monday morning, the coalition had not issued a statement about the strikes.

US, UK intensify strikes on Houthis

The strikes come less than a day after the coalition led by the US and UK struck 36 targets belonging to the Houthis in 13 different locations, including in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, on Saturday night.

 Houthi tribesmen gather to show defiance after U.S. and UK air strikes on Houthi positions near Sanaa, Yemen February 4, 2024 (credit: KHALED ABDULLAH/REUTERS)
Houthi tribesmen gather to show defiance after U.S. and UK air strikes on Houthi positions near Sanaa, Yemen February 4, 2024 (credit: KHALED ABDULLAH/REUTERS)

The strikes on Saturday night were carried out by the US and UK with support from Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The coalition noted that the precision strikes targeted sites associated with the Houthis underground weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars.

The coalition stressed that the strikes were "intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade, and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in a response to a series of illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi actions."

The Houthis have conducted over 30 attacks on commercial and naval vessels since mid-November, according to the coalition.

Later on Sunday morning, US CENTCOM targeted a land attack cruise missile and four anti-ship cruise missiles belonging to the Houthis in two separate strikes, according to a statement published by CENTCOM on Sunday night.