DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group.

The British military launched airstrikes with the US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said yesterday, their first attack in Washington’s new campaign targeting the Iran-backed group.

This was the first time that another country has joined with the United States in the first major military action ordered by President Donald Trump.