Australia joins US and UK in launching strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are responsible for attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthis are warned of more attacks if they continue to threaten ships in the region.
Australia is one of eight nations to throw support behind US and UK strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen . The Yemen -based militants are backed by Iran and are responsible for dozens of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea over the last few months.
Houthi rebels have been warned they will be hit with more attacks like the retaliatory missile strikes launched by the United States and the United Kingdom, and supported by Australia, if they continue menacing ships in the Red Sea, as tensions in the Middle East threaten to erupt into a multi-front war. After blasting the government for declining to send an Australian warship to the region, the federal opposition called for the Houthis to be listed as a designated terror organisation in Australia to punish the group for causing chaos in a crucial trade passage. On Friday, the US and UK struck key Houthi military sites in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk missiles launched from warships, submarines and fighter jets
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