Britain is expected to join the US in launching air strikes on military sites belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen “within hours”, the political editor of The Guardian has reported. times According to Friday newspaper (AEDT).
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office in Downing Street did not respond to a Reuters request for comment, while the United States does not usually comment on possible future military operations.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.credit: Palestinian Authority
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, US time: “The Houthis must stop these attacks… They will bear the consequences of any failure to do so.”
Sunak briefed his cabinet on the impending military intervention earlier on Thursday times The report said.
British media also reported that other political figures, including the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, as well as the Speaker of the House of Commons, were briefed on the developments by the government.
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The Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi group has intensified its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea in protest against the Israeli war in Gaza. Various shipping lines halted operations and instead made a longer voyage around Africa.
The US military said earlier on Thursday that the Houthis carried out their 27th attack on ships since November 19, launching an anti-ship ballistic missile at international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden.
Earlier this week, US and British naval forces shot down drones and missiles launched by the Houthis towards the southern Red Sea.
