As the sun set on the Red Sea on March 15, several F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets launched from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, on their way to strike Houthi targets across western Yemen for the first time in two months.
Those U.S. fighter jets delivered the first salvo in a renewed military campaign against the Houthis—a U.S.-designated terrorist group currently controlling significant portions of the country, including its capital city Sana’a.
Since March 15, U.S. forces have conducted several additional rounds of airstrikes across Yemen.
In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said that the latest U.S. strikes killed several key Houthi leaders, and destroyed some of their missiles and other critical infrastructure....