(Reuters) - British and U.S. forces participated in a joint military operation in Yemen on Tuesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday.
The strike was conducted after dark, when the likelihood of any civilians being in the area was reduced, the statement said, adding that its aircraft returned safely.
A U.S. airstrike killed 68 people at a a detention centre for African migrants in Yemen on Monday, a Houthi-controlled television said.
(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
