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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed that Britain was prepared and willing to launch airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen over their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Shapps said that Britain is willing and ready to deter the armed group, which is backed by Iran.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed that Britain was prepared and willing to launch airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen over their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Shapps said that Britain is willing and ready to deter the armed group, which is backed by Iran.
Shapps’s warning comes a day after US helicopters destroyed three Houthi small boats after responding to a distress call by a commercial tanker.
Britain and the United States work on persuading European countries to stop the Houthi attacks.
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