The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers.

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.

These strikes, involving B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, marked the first time these advanced aircraft have been deployed against Houthi forces since the beginning of US involvement in the Yemen conflict. The Pentagon confirmed that five underground Houthi weapons storage facilities were struck in the operation.

The United States on Wednesday conducted multiple B-2 bomber strikes on weapons storage facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, according to the US military and defense department.

US B-2 stealth bombers struck weapons storage sites linked to Houthi rebels in Yemen, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday night, the latest effort to blunt attacks by the Iran-backed group that have roiled commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

US forces launched a round of airstrikes at “hardened” underground Houthis’ weapons storage facilities in Yemen Wednesday night — the second attack on the Iran-backed terror group this month, according to the Department of Defense.

U.S. forces carried out airstrikes Wednesday against Houthi militant weapons storage sites in Yemen, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. The strikes, conducted by B-2 bombers, targeted weapons the Houthis have used in a yearlong campaign of attacks against ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that have disrupted major sea shipping routes.