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AMERICAN forces are carrying out a second night of air strikes in Yemen, according to a US official.
Strikes on Friday night targeted a radar facility used by the Houthis.
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It is unclear exactly where the raids have taken place but they are understood to be on a much smaller scale than the previous night.
The attacks were carried out solely by the United States and no other western allies, the official told CNN.
Earlier on Friday, Downing Street said Britain would not be conducting anymore strikes in the region.
However, the US had warned of further military action if the Houthis continued to launch drone and missile attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
On Friday, the Iranian-backed militia launched another missile towards a ship in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.
It is thought the terror group – who control large swathes of Western Yemen – “mistakenly” fired the rocket at a tanker thinking it was a UK vessel.
The missile is thought to have landed in the Red Sea around 400-500 metres away from the Panama-flagged ship.
It was followed by three skiffs, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which last night received “multiple reports” of other small boats tailing ships elsewhere in the region.
The latest raids come just a day after the UK and US launched overnight strikes against Houthi military targets in nearly 30 locations.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave the green light for military action at an Emergency Cabinet meeting on Thursday evening following weeks of Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
It comes as…
Five militants were killed as more than 150 precision-guided munitions, launched by fighter jets and warships, blitzed 60 military targets including an airbase, airport and army camp.
US officials said they fired over 80 Tomahawk cruise missiles from three destroyers and a submarine while 22 jets took part in the strike from the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower.
Since November 19, there have been more than 27 attacks on Red Sea ships in what the Houthis say is a protest against Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
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