The US and British militaries launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday night in a formidable show of force, but Middle East analysts have warned they may face a protracted fight from a determined opponent.
threatened escalation, as you would expect, but on the other hand seemed to take pains to underscore that the houthis were not intent on attacking vessels that were not headed towards israel, which might be interpreted as an attempt on their part to climb down but it is hard to say. it is entirely possible that the houthis continue to indiscriminately attack shipping transiting the red sea. the target that was chosen was quite broad and included what might be quite high value targets for the houthis so one would think that might be something they interpret as serious a statement of intent. dr sidharth kaushal, good to talk to you, thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s stay with those strikes in yemen, and hear from lord dannatt, crossbench peer and former head of the british army. he explained why the uk and us committed to military action. this situation has been building over the last few days and a couple of weeks and we ve seen evidenc
10 has also rejected criticism that the strikes against the houthis were not proportionate. in fact a spokesperson for the prime minister also rejected claims made by the president of turkey that the uk and us are trying to turn the red sea into, in his words, a sea of blood. the spokesperson said we would not agree with that, this was limited and targeted strikes in response to aggression. we acted in self defence in accordance with article 51 of the un charter. of course we will have more on those statements from rishi sunak s people imminently. we rejoined now by dr sidharth kaushal, research fellow on sea power & military sciences at the royal united services institute. good to talk to you. thank you for joining us here on bbc news. what i want to get from you today is where we think the houthis response potentially could lie and how damaging it could be.- potentially could lie and how damaging it could be. sure. in some wa s, in damaging it could be. sure. in some ways. in order
The Houthis announced their participation in the Israel-Gaza war on 19 November in spectacular fashion, landing a helicopter on a cargo ship and taking control of it. Since then, they have increased the tempo of attacks, without mounting anything quite as ambitious.
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