US and Britain in second wave of attacks against Yemen’s Houthis

US Central Command said its forces conducted an additional strike on Sunday “in self-defence against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea”

Aircraft launched from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower as part of the latest action (Picture: Kaitlin Watt/US navy/AP)

The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

But Washington once more did not directly target Iran as it tried to find a balance between a forceful response and intensifying the conflict.