The more than a dozen strikes in Sana'a and other parts of Yemen are the first major ones since the Navy shot down its own F/A-18F.

Houthi militants have used the targeted facilities to conduct attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to Central Command.

The U.S. military said it conducted airstrikes in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, targeting Houthi operations that have been used for attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the region. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

Yemen's Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday.