US warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks
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00:00 This footage, released by US Central Command, shows US naval vessels launching strikes at
00:06 Houthi targets.
00:07 A day after US and UK forces conducted another series of air raids against the Iran-backed
00:13 Yemeni group, US Central Command said it had carried out more strikes against Houthi missiles
00:18 in Yemen.
00:19 "On February 4th, at approximately 5.30am Sanah time, US Central Command forces conducted
00:26 a strike in self-defence against a Houthi land-attack cruise missile.
00:30 Beginning at 10.30am, US forces struck four anti-ship cruise missiles, all of which were
00:35 prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea."
00:38 It follows months of attacks on commercial and military ships by Houthi rebels in the
00:42 Red Sea that have disrupted international trade.
00:46 The group say their attacks are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
00:51 Houthi officials have vowed retaliation to the US-led strikes.
00:55 It comes days after the White House conducted air strikes on Iran-backed targets in Iraq
00:59 and Syria, in response to a drone attack last weekend in Jordan that killed three US soldiers.
01:05 Washington blamed their deaths on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed
01:11 militias.
01:12 "What happened on Friday was the beginning, not the end of our response, and that there
01:16 will be more steps, some seen, some perhaps unseen, all in an effort to send a very clear
01:21 message that when American forces are attacked, we will respond and we will respond forcefully.
01:26 I would not describe it as some open-ended military campaign."
01:30 Tehran has denied involvement in the Jordan attack.
01:33 It denounced the US-UK strikes in Yemen, saying that they "contradict claims by London and
01:38 Washington that they do not want wider conflict in the region."