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"This morning, US forces conducted three successful self-defense strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. "This is the fourth pre-emptive action that the US military has taken in the past week against Houthi missile launchers that were ready to launch attacks," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE
The United States is seeking a "de-escalation" in the Middle East despite its strikes on Huthi positions in Yemen, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says. "We seek to stop the spread of conflict and to create the conditions for de-escalation," he tells the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. SOUNDBITE
Fierce fighting between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen result in the death of at least one member of the Saudi ground force. Julie Noce reports.
The United States vows to hold Yemen's Huthi rebels accountable for a strike on a bulk carrier that killed two, apparently the first fatalities in the insurgents' attacks on shipping. "We will continue to hold them accountable. We call on governments around the world to do the same," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Yemen's Huthi rebels fired three missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding, "one missile missed by something like 200km and the other two were shot down by a US Navy destroyer." SOUNDBITE
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