{"id":28091,"date":"2026-10-20T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=28091"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:36:25","slug":"uk-to-deploy-fighter-jets-to-help-protect-saudi-from-houthi-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=28091","title":{"rendered":"UK to deploy fighter jets to help protect Saudi from Houthi attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British fighter planes will be deployed to help Saudi Arabia defend itself against increasing attacks from Houthi rebels, the UK government announced on Tuesday (Oct 20).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The UK will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure against aerial attack, using RAF Typhoon fighter jets,&#8221; the defence ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>These aircraft will operate in a defensive role and will not conduct offensive strikes against the Houthis, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The UK will also provide an RAF A400M military transport aircraft to move defence materiel within Saudi Arabia, and send military advisers to support Saudi staff officers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--iBx6bDEp--\/c_fill,g_center,h_598,w_747\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/one-cms\/core\/2026-07-23T173403Z_1_LYNXMPEM6M1WE_RTROPTP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-BRITAIN.JPG?itok=IHBiebQB\" alt=\"UK to deploy fighter jets to help protect Saudi from Houthi attacks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe continuing attacks from the Houthis on our ally Saudi Arabia are absolutely despicable,\u201d British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe targeting of the airport in Riyadh in particular shows the lengths the Houthis are going to escalate the situation in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why today I have approved further UK military support. RAF Typhoons will fly defensive air missions to help protect Saudi airspace from drones and missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deployment comes amid escalating Houthi attacks in the region, including on civilian targets such as King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Britain said Saudi Arabia and Yemen had the right to defend themselves against the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The latest deployment builds on existing British defensive military support for Saudi Arabia, including air defence equipment designed to protect against missiles and drones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British fighter planes will be deployed to help Saudi Arabia defend itself against increasing attacks from Houthi rebels, the UK government announced on Tuesday (Oct 20). &#8220;The UK will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure against aerial attack, using RAF Typhoon fighter jets,&#8221; the defence ministry said in a statement. These aircraft will operate in a defensive role and will not conduct offensive strikes against the Houthis, it said. The UK will also provide an RAF A400M military transport aircraft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28092,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28091\/revisions\/28092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}