Britain would “wait and see” before deciding to launch more strikes against Yemen’s Houthi militants to protect international shipping, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday. “Let’s wait and see what happens, because it’s not that we want to be involved in action in the Red Sea. But ultimately freedom of navigation is an international right,” Mr Shapps stated. “Our intention is not to go into Yemen or anything like that but simply send a very clear… unambiguous message to the Iranian-backed Houthis that their behaviour in the Red Sea was completely unacceptable. And so this was to send a very clear message,” he added.
