by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The United States has launched strikes on over a dozen Houthi strongholds in Yemen. Ships and fighter jets of the U.S. Central Command have struck the capital Sanaa and the port of Hodeida, in addition to others.
The U.S. has been involved in attempting to stop the Houthi rebels from blockading the Red Sea as part of a war effort against Israel. This has been the first operation against the Houthis since June and is going to be seen as an escalation and war provocation.
The Houthis are a Shia group styling themselves as the Yemeni government and who control the northwest of the country. They have been attempting to disrupt Israeli and Western shipping in the Red Sea for almost a year, to pressure Israel to stop attacking Gaza.