yemen for some weeks. they had a very good idea of where they were and whether us wanted strike where it felt it could get the most value, if you will, not a good word that the most value for the strikes it would launch. so been gathering intelligence for some time and they took great pains to bring they took great pains to bring the other coalition partners in some it would be a coalition so in the middle east they could not say this was another us attack. it was a coalition attack. it was a coalition attack. ., attack. an important point there. always attack. an important point there. always good - attack. an important point there. always good to - attack. an important point there. always good to talk attack. an important point i there. always good to talk to you, barbara. thank you for your insights. for more on this story, i m joined by adam clements, former us army attache to yemen. also a pentagon official. wait to have you in the studio to help us understand the story. first
i spoke with adam clements, former us army attache to yemen. great to have you in the studio to help us understand the story. firstly, we do not know that much yet about the targets that have been hit but from what you have heard and seen so far, what has been targeted? thank you very much for having me, and i think, as barbara said, there were some limited strikes and what the uk prime minister has signalled this is some type of way to signal protection of some of these international shipping points, but we do not yet know the effects. we do not yet know the effect and i am fairly pessimistic, actually, on the effect that this will have four houthi capability to strike targets. why is that? contextually, the houthi has been fighting a year