There was no immediate comment from the American military about the joint operation, the first since President Trump took office.

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.