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LONDON — U.S. airstrikes focused Houthi amenities in Yemen on Saturday evening, a U.S. protection official confirmed to ABC Information.
Forces led by U.S. Central Command “performed a number of airstrikes in opposition to quite a few Iranian-backed Houthi weapons storage amenities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” the official stated.
“The targets included a number of superior typical weapons that had been used to assault army and civilian ships transiting worldwide waters by the Crimson Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” the official stated, including that additional particulars on the assaults “quickly ” can be supplied.
The US – along with Britain – first launched airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in January 2024, after a number of months of drone and missile assaults on delivery within the Crimson Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.
Supporters of the Houthis in Yemen elevate their weapons throughout an anti-Israel rally in solidarity with Gaza and Lebanon within the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on November 8, 2024.
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The Houthis started their marketing campaign in opposition to delivery in response to Israel’s conflict in Gaza, launched after Hamas’ October 7 assault on southern Israel. Houthi leaders have vowed to proceed the assaults till Israel ends its marketing campaign in Gaza and withdraws from the world.
The Houthis have additionally launched drone and ballistic missile assaults on Israeli territory and as far afield because the northern Mediterranean. These embrace a lethal drone strike on Tel Aviv in July.
Houthi assaults have additionally led to Israeli retaliation. In September, for instance, “dozens” of Israeli warplanes focused the infrastructure of the ports of Ras Isa and Hodeidah.
Saturday’s US airstrikes are the primary since Tuesday’s presidential elections. On Friday, the Houthis claimed to have shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Abdul Malik al-Houthi – the chief of the Houthi group – stated that newly-elected President Donald Trump “won’t succeed” in ending the regional battle on a number of fronts.
Flames rise close to an object believed by Houthi army media to be a downed US MQ-9 Reaper drone, in a location recognized as Al Jawf Governorate in Yemen, on November 8, 2024.
Houthi Army Media/by way of Reuters
The US is bombing ‘quite a few’ Houthi weapons depots in Yemen, an official says
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