London believes that the bombings on the Houthis are ‘a new blow to its reserves’
The United Kingdom reiterated this Monday that its participation in a second joint bombing with the United States once morest the Houthi rebels in Yemen is “in self-defense” and stressed that it is “a new blow to its limited reserves.”
British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said in a statement that the United Kingdom, together with its American partners, has carried out “an additional round of attacks in self-defense.”
“With the aim of degrading Houthi capabilities, this action will deal a new blow to their limited reserves and their ability to threaten global trade,” he considered.
In his opinion, Houthi harassment of merchant ships crossing the Red Sea “has continued to threaten the lives of seafarers and disrupt maritime transport at an intolerable cost to the global economy.”
Shapps pledges that the UK will continue to “support regional stability in the Middle East”, through its “like-minded” partners.
This is the eighth operation that the US has launched once morest Houthi targets in Yemen, but only the second in which British forces participate, following the first on January 11.
Four Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon FGR4 fighters, supported by two Voyager tanker aircraft, dropped Paveway precision-guided bombs alongside the American planes in today’s bombing raids, the British Ministry of Defense explained in another statement.
“A very rigorous analysis was applied when planning the attacks to minimize any risk of civilian casualties, and as with previous bombings, our aircraft bombed at night to further mitigate those risks,” Defense explained.
Shortly before this new bombing became known, US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak regarding security in the Red Sea, among other topics, according to Downing Street.