RAF jets hit a Houthi drone production facility with precision bombs in joint UK-US operation, the Ministry of Defence says.

Britain’s military launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday with US forces, its defense ministry said – the first public acknowledgment of a joint operation since the Trump administration escalated the US campaign against the militant group.

With billions of dollars in trade flows now threatened by a conflict that shows little sign of abating, military responses such as these shed light on the high-stakes effort to restore safe passage through the region.