US strikes Houthi missile positions in Yemen: CENTCOM

The United States military confirmed Thursday its forces conducted multiple strikes against Houthi missile systems as the Yemen-based rebel group prepared to launch attacks that threatened US Navy and merchant ships.

Beginning early Thursday Sanaa time, US Central Command forces “conducted seven self-defense strikes against four Houthi unmanned surface vessels (USV) and seven mobile anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea,” CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.