Britain’s military carried out a joint operation with U.S. forces against the Houthi militia in Yemen, officials said on Wednesday, in the first such strike since President Trump re-entered the White House and stepped up attacks on the Iran-backed group. There was no immediate comment from the American military about the operation, which the British Defense Ministry said early Wednesday was carried out overnight “to degrade Houthi capabilities and prevent further attacks against U.K. and international shipping.”Typhoon jets using precision guided bombs took part in the mission, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the strike took place “after dark” to minimize the risk to civilians. The target was “a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, located some 15 miles south of Sana,” the statement added, referring to the Yemeni capital. Speaking in Parliament, the British defense secretary, John Healey, said that the planned targets “were all successfully hit and we have seen no evidence of civilian casualties.”
