Update on the war against the Houthis

 ISW:

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CENTCOM Spokesperson Dave Eastburn stated on April 24 that CENTCOM has struck over 800 Houthi targets, including command-and-control sites, air defense systems, and advanced weapons production sites, since the start of the US air campaign on March 15. Eastburn said that the strikes have killed “hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders.”[7] Eastburn told CNN that “credible open sources” have reported “over 650 Houthi casualties” in CENTCOM airstrikes since March 15.[8] Eastburn stated that Houthi ballistic missile launches have decreased by 87 percent and Houthi drone attacks have decreased by 65 percent since the start of the CENTCOM airstrike campaign.[9]
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The Houthis have suffered significant losses in their ability to attack the US and its allies.  It still may take an infantry invasion to stop the attacks on the US and its allies.  The Houthis are apparently allied with Iran.  So far, the US has not struck inside Iran.

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