Britain’s military launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday with US forces, its defense ministry said – the first public acknowledgment of a joint operation since the Trump administration escalated the US campaign against the militant group.

Yemen's Houthi rebels say a U.S. strike has hit a detention center for migrants in Saada, killing dozens of people.

There was no immediate comment from the American military about the joint operation, the first since President Trump took office.