American and British forces are expected to bombard Houthi positions in Yemen in response to the Iran-backed group’s intensifying attacks against vessels in international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

“Unfortunately, the Houthis continue, day after day, to attack shipping,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday while traveling in Egypt. “We have a number of countries that have made clear that, if it doesn’t stop, there’ll have to be consequences, and unfortunately it hasn’t stopped.  But we want to make sure that it does, and we’re prepared to do that.”

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