Middle East crisis live updates: Houthis say U.S., U.K. will pay a 'heavy price' after Yemen strikes
This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments in the Middle East and the Red Sea crisis. See below for the latest updates.
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US, UK launch large-scale retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen
The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday.
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Biden admin anticipating retaliation after US-UK joint strike on Houthi targets in Yemen
A senior defense official said the Biden administration is anticipating retaliation after the U.S. and U.K. carried out joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
U.S., British militaries bombing Houthi sites in Yemen, U.S. officials say
The U.S. and British militaries were bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, several U.S. officials told The Associated Press.