The Netherlands said on Friday that one of its staff officers was involved in the US-UK military operation against the Houthi rebels in Yemen overnight. The Dutch military officer got involved at the request of the United States and the United Kingdom, the government announced in The Hague in a published letter. The aim was to de-escalate the situation in the Red Sea. According to the letter, the military capacities of the Houthi had been weakened. The Netherlands also supports the operation politically, explained Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the X platform. “The Houthi attacks are a clear vio…