2024 missile strikes in Yemen

2024 missile strikes in Yemen
Part of the Red Sea crisis (Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)) and the Yemeni civil war

Location of airstrikes in Houthi-controlled territory (green) in Yemen on 12 January 2024
Date12 January 2024 – present
(10 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Houthi-held Yemen (Shown in green in the map above)
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
 United States
 United Kingdom
Supported by:

 Yemen (SPC)

Commanders and leaders
Units involved

 Republic of Yemen Armed Forces (SPC-faction)

Strength

United States Navy

 Royal Air Force

Unknown
Casualties and losses
Five MQ-9 Reaper shot down[9]

40 killed[a][11](per Houthis)
16+ civilians killed (per Houthis)[12]


126+ killed[b] (per Skynews Arabia & PLC-led government)

Since 12 January 2024, the United States of America and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand,[16] have launched a series of cruise missile and airstrikes, codenamed Operation Poseidon Archer, against the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.[17] The Houthis had previously declared that their attacks are in support of Palestinians during the Israel–Hamas war; Houthi attacks on shipping were condemned by the United Nations Security Council the day before the initial strike.[1][18][19][20]

US President Joe Biden ordered the strikes, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak convened his cabinet to authorize British participation.[21][22] American officials said the strikes were intended to degrade Houthi capabilities to attack Red Sea targets rather than to kill leaders and Iranian trainers.[20][23]

As of 2 May, the Houthis recorded 452 American and British airstrikes against its sites in Yemen, resulting in 40 deaths and 35 injuries.[11]

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  2. ^ a b Rathbone, John Paul; Parker, George; Fisher, Lucy; Schwartz, Felicia (12 January 2024). "US and UK launch strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ "US and UK launch strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen". BBC News. 11 January 2024. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Mongilio, Heather (11 January 2024). "U.S. Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen From Air, Surface and Subsurface". U.S. Naval Institute. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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  8. ^ a b "Air strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen". Government of the United Kingdom. 12 January 2024. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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  10. ^ Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 10 members killed in US attack in Red Sea
  11. ^ a b "Houthi leader vows 'fourth phase' of Red Sea ship attacks". Arab News. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024. Al-Houthi said that 452 attacks by US and UK armies on militia-controlled regions had killed 40 people and injured 35 others since January.
  12. ^ "Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen". AP News. 31 May 2024.
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  14. ^ "Within 48 hours... 40 Houthis were killed in US-British strikes" (in Arabic). Sky News Arabia. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  15. ^ "US-British forces strike Houthi targets, killing 11, Yemen government says". Reuters. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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  17. ^ Watson, Eleanor (11 January 2024). "U.S. and U.K. striking Houthi targets in Yemen to retaliate for spate of attacks". CBS News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  18. ^ Landay, Jonathan; Mohammed, Arshad (11 January 2024). "UN Security Council demands Houthis stop Red Sea attacks". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024.
  19. ^ Kube, Courtney; Stelloh, Tim (11 January 2024). "U.S. and Britain launch strikes against targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen". NBC News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  20. ^ a b Schmitt, Eric; Cooper, Helene (11 January 2024). "U.S. Missiles Strike Targets in Yemen Linked to the Houthi Militia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  21. ^ Liebermann, Oren; Britzky, Haley; Bertrand, Natasha; Marquardt, Alex; Lee, MJ; Hansler, Jennifer (11 January 2024). "US and UK carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen". CNN. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  22. ^ Wickham, Alex; McBride, Courtney (11 January 2024). "UK's Sunak Authorizes Joint Military Strikes With US Against Houthis". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  23. ^ Gambrell, Jon (12 January 2024). "Houthi rebels say US-led strikes in Yemen killed 5 people and wounded 6, raising Mideast tensions". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.


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