{"id":2146761,"date":"2024-01-11T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-set-to-strike-houthis-within-hours-report\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:52:02","slug":"us-set-to-strike-houthis-within-hours-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-set-to-strike-houthis-within-hours-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US Set To Strike Houthis Within Hours: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-set-to-strike-houthis-within-hours-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2146761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p>The United State and Britain are expected to conduct air strikes on military positions belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen &#8220;within hours,&#8221; the political editor for the <em>Times<\/em> newspaper reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>British prime minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s Downing Street office did not respond to a request from Reuters for comment, while the United States typically does not comment on potential future military operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Houthis need to stop these attacks. &#8230; They will bear the consequences for any failure to do so,&#8221; White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sunak briefed his cabinet of ministers on the imminent military intervention earlier on Thursday, the <em>Times<\/em> report said.<\/p>\n<p>British media also reported that other political figures, including the leader of Britain&#8217;s opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, as well as the speaker of the House of Commons, had been briefed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s Iranian-backed Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in protest against Israel&#8217;s war in Gaza. Various shipping lines have suspended operations, instead taking the longer journey around Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military said the Houthis earlier on Thursday had staged their 27th attack on shipping since Nov. 19, firing an anti-ship ballistic missile into international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden.\t<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, U.S. and British naval forces shot down drones and missiles fired by the Houthis toward the southern Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis, who seized much of Yemen in a civil war, have vowed to attack ships linked to Israel or bound for Israeli ports. However, many of the targeted ships have had no links to Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United State and Britain are expected to conduct air strikes on military positions belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen &#8220;within hours,&#8221; the political editor for the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. 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