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.

US and UK forces conducted a joint military operation in Yemen on Tuesday against a Houthi target responsible for making drones of the type used to attack shipping lanes, according to Britain's Ministry of Defence.

The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The strikes Tuesday night marked their first involvement with America’s new intense campaign targeting the Iranian-backed group.