Saturday's strikes hit "36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping as well as naval vessels transiting the Red Sea", the United States, Britain and other countries that provided support for the operation said in a statement.
Damascus says US occupation of Syrian territory ‘cannot continue’
The United States has some 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in neighboring Iraq as part of an international coalition against the Islamic State group, a jihadist organization that once controlled swathes of both countries.
