UK to Deploy Typhoon Jets to Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthi Attacks
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The UK will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia in response to escalating Houthi missile and drone attacks, the British government said Tuesday. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the aircraft would operate only in a defensive role and would not conduct strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni group.
The deployment follows attacks on Riyadh and energy facilities and ports along the Saudi coast. According to the BBC, Saudi authorities said Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s airports had killed 19 people, including 13 in an Oct. 10 missile strike on Riyadh’s international airport that also injured 308.
Fighting intensified after a ceasefire in Yemen broke down in September. The Houthis launched a new offensive against Yemen’s internationally recognized government and gained effective control of the Bab al-Mandab strait. Saudi-backed government forces then mounted a counteroffensive, while the Houthis struck targets inside Saudi Arabia.
More than 70 security personnel were killed this week in a Houthi missile strike on a camp near Ataq in Yemen’s Shabwa province, a spokesman for Saudi-backed Yemeni forces said. The Houthis said they had targeted Saudi forces.
The Houthi-run health ministry said Saudi air and artillery attacks had killed at least 141 people since Sept. 3. Yemen’s government health ministry separately reported at least 1,282 conflict deaths nationwide since Aug. 6.
The BBC reported that Saudi defenses have been strained by depleted air-defense capacity and the difficulty of protecting the kingdom’s large territory.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Revise the account of the Shabwa attack so it does not turn three missiles launched into three confirmed hits. - "More than 70 security personnel were killed this week when three ballistic missiles hit a camp near Ataq in Yemen’s Shabwa province": The source says the personnel were killed in a Houthi missile strike and that three missiles were launched at the camp, but it does not say all three missiles hit it.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
UK to Deploy Typhoon Jets to Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthi Attacks
The UK will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia in response to escalating Houthi missile and drone attacks, the British government said Tuesday. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the aircraft would operate only in a defensive role and would not conduct strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni group.
The deployment follows attacks on Riyadh and energy facilities and ports along the Saudi coast. According to the BBC, Saudi authorities said Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s airports had killed 19 people, including 13 in an Oct. 10 missile strike on Riyadh’s international airport that also injured 308.
Fighting intensified after a ceasefire in Yemen broke down in September. The Houthis launched a new offensive against Yemen’s internationally recognized government and gained effective control of the Bab al-Mandab strait. Saudi-backed government forces then mounted a counteroffensive, while the Houthis struck targets inside Saudi Arabia.
More than 70 security personnel were killed this week whenin threea ballisticHouthi missilesmissile hitstrike on a camp near Ataq in Yemen’s Shabwa province, a spokesman for Saudi-backed Yemeni forces said. The Houthis said they had targeted Saudi forces.
The Houthi-run health ministry said Saudi air and artillery attacks had killed at least 141 people since Sept. 3. Yemen’s government health ministry separately reported at least 1,282 conflict deaths nationwide since Aug. 6.
The BBC reported that Saudi defenses have been strained by depleted air-defense capacity and the difficulty of protecting the kingdom’s large territory.
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