Middle East crisis live: US and UK launch joint airstrikes on Houthi missile sites in Yemen

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Reuters says it confirmed with three US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, that fresh airstrikes were carried out, but did not say how many targets were hit.

Before, US and UK forces mainly hit Houthi missiles and radar sites, striking more than 60 targets in 28 locations, according to AP:

The Houthis’ media office said in an online statement that several American and British raids targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. And Jamal Hassan, a resident from south Sanaa, told The Associated Press that two strikes landed near his home, setting off car alarms in the street. An Associated Press journalist in Sanaa also heard aircraft flying above the skies of Sanaa overnight Monday.

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