US Secretary of State Antony Blinken dialled India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, as American and British forces bombed Houthis in Yemen. US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, in a post on 'X,' informed that two leaders discussed the recent attacks on merchant ships by the Iran-backed Houthi in the Red Sea. During the telephonic conversation, Blinken emphasized that the Red Sea is a major commercial trade corridor and sought India's cooperation in defending the freedom of navigation in the region. Meanwhile, the U.S. and the UK's Navies bombed more than a dozen Houthi sites in Yemen this morning. The Houthi targets included an airbase, air defense systems, a military camp, and weapons storage areas. Tomahawk missiles and several fighter jets were involved in the airstrikes. Both NATO Nations called them “massive retaliatory strikes“ to the attacks by Iran-backed rebels in the Red Sea on several commercial ships. The U.S. President, Joe Biden, warned of fur
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