US, UK-led airstrikes over the weekend destroyed, damaged 17 Houthi targets [Video]

A series of airstrikes carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom on Saturday destroyed or damaged 17 of 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, Department of Defense (DoD) officials told Fox News on Tuesday. 

The targets included underground weapons storage facilities, missile storage facilities, one-way attack unmanned aerial systems, air defense systems, radars, and a helicopter, said DoD spokesperson U.S. Army Major Pete Nguyen.

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The coalition airstrikes targeted Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, and came days after a British cargo ship was hit by a Houthi missile.

“More broadly, since the first coalition strikes on Jan. 11, we assess that we’ve destroyed or degraded more than 150 missiles and launchers, including anti-ship land attack and surface-to-air missiles, plus …