Under former President Joe Biden, the U.S. and the United Kingdom began a series of airstrikes against the Houthis starting in January 2024. A December report by The International Institute for Strategic Studies said the U.S. and its partners struck the Houthis over 260 times up to that point.

The United States on Monday carried out new airstrikes on Yemen, the Houthis’ Al Masirah TV said. The attack increased pressure on the Iran-aligned group, expanding the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump has explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran.