DFA 'closely monitoring' Yemen situation after UK and US airstrikes

Sea Viper missiles are fired in the Red Sea. U.S. and British militaries are bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles. Picture: UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it is "closely monitoring" the situation in Yemen for Irish citizens in the wake of airstrikes in the country.

On Tuesday night, members attached to the Houthi rebel group attacked US and UK warships with missiles and drones.