US and UK strike Houthis in latest attempt to stop group targeting Red Sea ships

The US and the UK have conducted a further round of strikes against the Houthis in an attempt to stop the group targeting shipping in the southern Red Sea. A joint statement from both countries said that they had conducted “an additional round of proportionate and necessary strikes” against eight Houthi targets, with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands. The number of targets is considerably lower than the 60 which were struck in the first air raids on Yemen made by the two countries 10 days earlier.

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strike 袭击；罢工

proportionate 适当的；成比例的（proportion 比例；匀称）

considerably 非常地

raid 突袭

the first air raid 首次空袭