Who are the Houthis and will the airstrikes stop them?
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🗓️ 16 January 2024
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Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis began firing missiles into Israel shortly after the invasion of Gaza. But when the rebels started targeting commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea, the US and UK hit back. So, who are the Houthis and can they be stopped?
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| 1:13.0 | More than a hundred days since the war in Gaza began and a new front has opened up. |
| 1:18.0 | More than a hundred days since the war in Gaza began and a new front has opened up more than 2,000 |
| 1:26.2 | kilometers away in the Red Sea. The US and British military have launched strikes against targets in Yemen, areas of Yemen controlled |
| 1:37.9 | by the Houthis. |
| 1:39.1 | The joint military strikes were in response to nearly two months of attacks by the Iran-backed |
| 1:44.0 | Huthie movement on cargo ships in the Red Sea, disrupting commercial |
| 1:48.3 | shipping and the global economy. |
| 1:58.1 | In a White house statement President Biden said they were sending a clear message to the hoothe rebels who've been attacking trade ships. He says that they have endangered U.S. personnel, civilian |
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