The rebels Houthis of the Yemen They denounced this Saturday a new round of bombing by the United States and the United Kingdom against the capital, Sanaa, and five other provinces controlled by the insurgents, amid an escalation of violence in the Middle East after Washington’s airstrikes on Friday in Syria and Iraq.
Al Masira television, spokesperson for the Houthis, said that there was an “American-British aggression against the capital,” while EFE confirmed a series of explosions against military barracks in Attan, Al Nahdain and Al Hafa, in the west, south and east of Sana’a, respectively.
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Likewise, the network pointed out that there were also air attacks against positions of the Houthis in the provinces of Hajjah (northwest), Dhamar (east), Al Bayda (center), Taiz (southwest) and Al Hodeida, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the first large-scale air campaign since Washington and London launched their action against Yemen on January 12.
Faced with this new operation, Houthi officer Naser al Din Amer warned in his X account that the insurgents will respond to the bombings of Washington and London in retaliation for their attacks against ships in the Red Sea.
“Either the aggression against Gaza stops or there will be a war until the day of judgment“threatened the head of the rebels, who have recently been classified by the US as a terrorist organization.
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These renewed bombings occur after the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had already carried out attacks this Saturday, around 7:20 p.m. Sana’a time (4:20 p.m. GMT), against six anti-ship cruise missiles “prepared to be thrown into the Red Sea,” according to a statement.
According to Al Masira, these bombings targeted positions near the port town of Al Hodeida, on the shores of the Red Sea and where the Houthis usually launch their attacks against commercial ships and warships transiting the strategic sea route.
American and British bombing of positions Houthis in Yemen They began in response to the attacks that the insurgents have been carrying out almost daily since last November 19 against commercial ships in the Red Sea, where around 15% of the world’s maritime trade sails.
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This Saturday’s events take place a day after the US bombed positions of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syriaattacks that according to the Iraqi Government and the NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have left 45 dead in both countries.
Washington’s recent airstrikes against Syria, Iraq and Yemen have raised alarm bells throughout the Middle East, where several countries have already warned that this escalation could have “devastating consequences.”
