US Strikes Yemen Sites in Retaliation for Missile Launches

The U.S. military said Thursday it struck three radar sites in Yemen in response to missile launches from territory controlled by Houthi rebels that targeted a U.S. Navy destroyer. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the strikes as "self-defense" in order to protect U.S. personnel and ships. "The United States will respond to any further threat to our ships and commercial traffic, as appropriate, and will continue to maintain our freedom of navigation in the Red Sea,...

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