The US supports the Saudi-backed offensive against the Houthis with intelligence and targeting assistance but does not directly join the fighting.

The US supports the Saudi-backed offensive against the Houthis with intelligence and targeting assistance but does not directly join the fighting.

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for US airstrikes, but officials said Washington was not taking "kinetic action at this time."

CENTCOM has reportedly opposed the strikes, seeing Yemen as a distraction from the US focus on Iran.

Source: Axios