(New York Times) Eric Schmitt - The U.S. and Britain attacked 36 Houthi targets at 13 sites in northern Yemen on Saturday with planes and Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles, striking deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars. "These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in response to a series of illegal, dangerous and destabilizing Houthi actions since previous coalition strikes," an official statement said. On Saturday night, before the planned strikes, the U.S. hit six Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles as they were being prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea, Central Command said.
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