U.S. forces struck Houthi weapons storage facilities that the Iran-backed rebel group controls in Yemen, the United States Central Command announced late Wednesday. The big picture: The "precision airstrikes" on "numerous" Houthi facilities by B-2 bombers and other assets were taken as part of efforts to stop the group's "reckless and unlawful attacks on international shipping and on U.

The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to three US defense officials, targeting weapons storage facilities, including underground facilities.

U.S. B-2 bombers attacked weapons caches belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, the first such apparent use of the strategic stealth bomber against the militia.