The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The strikes Tuesday night marked their first involvement with America’s new intense campaign targeting the Iranian-backed group.

Britain’s military launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday with US forces, its defense ministry said – the first public acknowledgment of a joint operation since the Trump administration escalated the US campaign against the militant group.

RAF jets hit a Houthi drone production facility with precision bombs in joint UK-US operation, the Ministry of Defence says.