US forces target Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend: CENTCOM

The facilities were all located in Houthi-controlled territories and housed a variety of advanced conventional weapons used by Iranian-backed Houthis to target U.S. and other international military, as well as civilian vessels moving through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The F-35C strike fighters were among other assets involved in the operation that took off from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Aden.

CENTCOM said the targeted operation was conducted in response to repeated and unlawful attacks by Houthi rebels on international commercial shipping vessels, as well as U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden.

The strikes also aimed to degrade the group's ability to threaten partners in the region.

U.S. personnel were not injured, CENTCOM added, and U.S. facilities were not damaged in the operation.

CENTCOM said the actions taken over the weekend reflect the ongoing efforts of its forces to protect U.S. personnel, regional partners and international shipping, while also maintaining security and stability in the region.

"U.S. Centcom forces conducted strikes [Monday] against nine targets and two locations associated with Iranian groups in Syria, in response to several attacks on U.S. personnel in Syria over a 24-hour period," Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said during a press briefing Tuesday. "These strikes will degrade the Iranian-backed groups ability to plan and launch future attacks on U.S. and coalition forces who are in the region to conduct to defeat ISIS operations." 

Like the targeted operations over the weekend, CENTCOM conducted strikes in Syria in response to several attacks on U.S. forces.

Fox News Digital's Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.