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Monday, February 5, 2024
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Monday, February 5, 2024
UK defense chief says Houthis still ‘disrupting the Red Sea’
Britain's Defense Secretary Grant Shapps talks to the media after a meeting with the Cyprus' president Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen have not fully diminished the group’s appetite to disrupt Red Sea shipping, UK Defense Minister Grant Shapps says.
“These attacks have had a significant effect on degrading Houthi capabilities. But the Houthis’ intent to continue disrupting the Red Sea has not been fully diminished,” Shapps tells parliament.
Shapps says the UK “will not hesitate to act again,” adding that it does not believe there were any civilian casualties in the most recent wave of strikes.
