Centcom Conducts Strikes in Yemen, Syria

Since Friday, U.S. Central Command has performed strikes in opposition to Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen and in opposition to targets in Syria as a part of the defeat-ISIS mission there. 

On Saturday and Sunday, Centcom forces executed airstrikes in opposition to a number of Houthi weapons storage services inside Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, mentioned Pentagon Press Secretary Air Drive Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder throughout a briefing in the present day. 

“These services housed quite a lot of superior typical weapons utilized by the Iran-backed Houthis to focus on U.S. and worldwide army and civilian vessels navigating worldwide waters within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden,” Ryder mentioned. 

Each Air Drive and Navy belongings, together with F-35C fighter plane, have been concerned within the strikes, which have been in response to Houthi assaults on business, U.S. and coalition vessels within the Crimson Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden. 

“As you have heard us say earlier than, we’ll proceed to clarify to the Houthis that there might be penalties for his or her unlawful and reckless assaults,” Ryder mentioned. 

Yesterday, Ryder mentioned, Centcom additionally performed strikes in opposition to 9 targets in two places related to Iranian teams in Syria. The strikes, he mentioned, have been in response to 2 assaults on U.S. personnel in Syria that occurred Nov. 10 at Mission Help Web site Inexperienced Village in northeast Syria. 

A kind of assaults concerned a UAV, whereas the second assault concerned an oblique hearth incident with two rockets. There have been no U.S. accidents concerned with both assault. 

Ryder mentioned the U.S. strikes will degrade the power of Iranian-backed teams to plan and launch future assaults on U.S and coalition forces who’re within the area to conduct the defeat-ISIS operations. 

Centcom commander Military Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla mentioned the U.S. will do what’s wanted to defend its personnel within the Centcom space of accountability. 

“Our message is obvious. Assaults in opposition to U.S. and coalition companions within the area won’t be tolerated,” mentioned Kurilla. “We are going to proceed to take each step obligatory to guard our personnel and coalition companions and reply to reckless assaults.”