Cameron: We will continue to strike the Houthis

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has vowed that his country will continue to prevent Yemen's Houthis from attacking shipping in the Red Sea following the latest joint US strikes against the Iran-backed rebels, AFP reported.
US and British forces struck Houthi targets on January 22, the second round of joint military action following the first wave of strikes against the rebel group earlier this month.
"Since we last took action 10 days ago, there have been over 12 Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea," Cameron said.
"What we have done again is to send the clearest possible message that we will continue to reduce their ability to carry out these attacks and that we back up our words and warnings with action," added the British foreign minister.
The latest US-British strikes targeted "8 Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks on international and commercial shipping, as well as warships transiting the Red Sea," Washington and London said in a joint statement with other countries. , who supported military action.
"These precision strikes aim to disrupt and reduce the capabilities the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent seafarers," the statement said.
Since the first joint strikes, the United States has also carried out individual airstrikes against missiles that Washington said posed an immediate threat to civilian and military vessels.
On January 23, the Yemeni rebels warned that the US and UK strikes will not go "unanswered and unpunished"./BGNES