Escalation was to ‘defend US forces and personnel’, says Lloyd Austin as Houthi official says US ‘will pay the price’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US has carried out B-2 stealth bomber strikes on Houthi underground weapons facilities in Yemen for the first time, in an escalation that appears in part to be a warning to the Houthis’ backers in Tehran.Local television in Houthi-run areas of the country reported 15 strikes hit five sites near the capital, Sana’a, and in the northern governorate Saada, the traditional Houthi homeland. Continue reading...
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