As expected, the U.S. military has kicked off a new multi-national maritime coalition to respond to escalating missile and drone attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. The Houthis' actions, including new attacks just today, have seriously disrupted commercial shipping in and around the Red Sea.
The War Zone was the first to report over the weekend that the announcement of this initiative, dubbed Operation Prosperity Guardian, was imminent.
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, who is on a tour of multiple countries in the Middle East, including Israel, made a formal statement about the launching of Operation Prosperity Guardian this evening.
- Just this past weekend, The War Zone highlighted the potential value of a multinational coalition in responding to the Houthi's actions, and geopolitical complications in the region that could limit options for more direct retaliation.
- The Prosperity Guardian coalition currently includes the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles, and Spain.
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