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

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.

US and UK forces conducted a joint military operation in Yemen on Tuesday against a Houthi target responsible for making drones of the type used to attack shipping lanes, according to Britain's Ministry of Defence.