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coverage of the breaking news out of the middle east and the u.s. strikes continues with ac 360. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. american-led air strikes in one of the most volatile hot spots in the world right now. mitts is some of the first video of explosions tonight in yemen's just north of the capital. iranian backed houthi fighters from yemen have been attacking commercial ships in the nearby red sea. there's been dozens of attacks. tonight u.s. and british forcevise struck back using air and naval assets. both surface ships and subma...

U.s. aircraft and assets. it was also submarines that took part in this launching tomahawk attack and cruise missiles. they included also storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, as well as uavs. those three types of weapons are significant. those are the types of weapons the houthivise used to attack and frankly to try to terrorize international shipping in the red sea. it is because of that threat to one of the world's most critical international waterways that first a number of major shipping companies have chosen to avoid the red sea. but, second, that the u.s. set...

That bashar al-assad has given the green light for his military to use chlorine gas again. twice in the last couple of years the syrian government has used sarin against civilians and twice the u.s. has responded launching tomahawk strikes and taking out sarin airfields. some are argued that assad and allies are no longer afraid of the u.s. response. past u.s. strikes have not really altered the directions or outcome of the war. it's russia pointing the finger at the rebels or is it saying it's them using the chlorine not assad muddying the water before it's even started. shep? >> shepard: u.s...