Joe Biden, the US President, is expected to make a statement tonight in the wake of military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, The Times reports.

The strikes are expected shortly, with a series of carefully choreographed statements from the US, the UK and other international allies to follow.

USAF RC-135W Rivet Joint (SIGINT Platform) heading towards Yemen from Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar.

Before US and UK strikes on Yemen's Houthis tonight, Iranian spy ship BEHSHAD departed the southern sector of the Red Sea.

Iraqi Resistance Forces:

If Yemen is attacked, we will hit American military bases with full force.

Houthi Major General Abdul Salam Jahaf:

Remember what I said well. We will thunder and lighten.

We will not say words that some will consider an exaggeration. I have only two words.

We will burn the area.

Yemen's airspace emptied ahead of expected joint US and UK strikes against Houthis.

Yemen's Houthis:

Do the Americans, the British and the Zionists think that attacking Yemen will stop us from defending Gaza?

We swear that we will not stop defending Gaza even if we are split into atoms. We will continue to block the Zionist ships and the ships that sail to them.

Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya claims reports of intense flights of British-American fighter jets in the vicinity of Yemen’s airspace now.

Reuters, citing eyewitnesses: Evacuation operations of Houthi camps in Hodeidah is underway.

#BREAKING Intense aircraft overflights in the airspace of the city of Hodeidah, Yemen now.

#BREAKING Explosions reported in the port of Hodeidah, Yemen.

#BREAKING Joint US and UK military strikes underway now against Yemen's Houthis.

Reports of large explosions in Saada, Yemen now.

A series of loud explosions rock the Yemeni capital, Sanaa now.

Several airstrikes reported on Yemen's Sana'a, Hodeidah, Saada, Dhamar, Taiz and Zabid.

The first video reported to be showing US and UK strikes on Yemen's Houthis in Saada.

The US military has launched strikes against multiple Houthi targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, a US official told CNN.

The strikes are from fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles.

Photo reported to be from Yemeni capital, Sanaa after US and UK strikes against Houthi targets.

Footage claiming to show US and UK strikes against Houthi targets tonight in Saada.

Footage reported to be showing US and UK strikes against Houthi targets tonight in Saada.

The U.S. and U.K, with support from Australia, the Netherlands, Bahrain, and Canada, conducted joint strikes tonight against Houthi targets in Yemen, Pentagon official says to Politico.