'A real-life Top Gun Maverick moment': US and Britain strike Houthi targets in Yemen
The military operation is ultimately aimed at sending a message to Tehran
The US and Britain used the cover of darkness to launch attacks on Houthi military targets in Yemen, after weeks of warning the Iranian-backed rebels to stop attacking commercial ships.
The UK’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps had foreshadowed the action on Wednesday when told the media to ‘watch this space.’
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