Yemen: “The US Launches A New Attack Against The Houthis” World Ansa.it

The US military has struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that has reportedly threatened commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Two US officials said this and Yemeni rebel media confirmed it.

Yemeni Houthi rebel media confirmed the new attacks in Yemen at dawn todayafter the first American and British bombings against the sites of the movement that threatens international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
According to the al-Masirah broadcaster, American attacks this morning targeted at least one location in the capital Sanaa. After yesterday's British and American attacks, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” but it did not hit any ships, the US military said.

Russia has denounced the “blatant aggression” of the US and Britain on the territory of Yemen. “This is an armed aggression by a group of countries against another country, and it has nothing to do with self-defense,” Moscow's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia said during the emergency Security Council meeting. Nebenzia accused the US and Britain of violating Article 2 of the UN Charter, which requires members not to use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of a state, with their expedition to Yemen against Houthi bases.

Learn more ANSA Agency The stages of escalation in the Middle East The US and UK raids on Houthi bases in Yemen are the latest development in a war that has been a crisis since October 7, the day of Hamas attacks in Israel is experiencing escalating tensions in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and the Red Sea. (HANDLING)

Also Iran's mission to the United Nations condemned US and British military operations against the Houthisin response to the Yemeni group's attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea.
The two countries' actions are unlawful and unauthorized under international law, the Tehran office said last night, adding: “Such an unjustified war violates and endangers Yemen's sovereignty, international laws, the United Nations Charter and Security Council resolutions.” the peace and security of the region.”
Yesterday morning, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani “strongly condemned” the attacks.

The war is expanding, a US-British attack on the Houthis in Yemen

After weeks of warnings that went unheeded, retaliation has arrived. Overnight, the United States and Britain launched 73 raids against Houthi military posts in Yemen, which in turn attacked merchant ships in the Red Sea that were “linked to Israel” in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, they said. This could be the first act of the much-feared escalation of the conflict in the Middle East: Yemeni rebels – who control a third of the country with support from Iran – have threatened a response and said they would now take all Anglo-American interests into account. legitimate goals”. -Americans in the world.
The mission, carried out by Washington-based Tomahawk fighters and missiles and four British RAF Typhoon jets, hit “missile and drone launch sites” used against merchant ships in the Red Sea. According to the Houthi spokesman, military positions in the capital Sanaa and in the governorates of Hodeida, Taëz, Hajjah and Saada were attacked, leaving “five fighters killed and six wounded.”

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The order to attack came from Joe Biden after another Yemeni missile was fired at a passing ship on Thursday. The American president then said he wanted to respond to the Houthis for “endangering the freedom of navigation on one of the world’s most important waterways” and that he was ready to “order other operations.” “We have sent a strong signal” to the Houthis, said British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his visit to Kiev. Since last November, the former Shiite rebels now in power have launched 27 attacks in the Red Sea, a stretch of water normally crossed by 12% of world trade: cargo ships have therefore been forced to use the route that passes through the Suez Canal. to be redirected to the south of the African continent, with implications for delivery times, production and price increases. The latest missile, fired just hours after the attacks, fell into the water a few hundred meters from a ship, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said.

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“Our goal remains to reduce tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea,” the United States, the United Kingdom and eight of their allies: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand said in a joint statement. and South Korea. Italian government sources said Rome was asked to sign the same declaration – which it did not sign – but not to take part in the action. While the European Union is considering sending “at least three destroyers or anti-aircraft frigates with multi-role capabilities” to the Red Sea for at least “one year,” the rules of engagement have yet to be determined.
The night raids in Yemen were condemned by the so-called “Axis of Resistance”, which, with the support of Iran, unites anti-Israel movements such as the Houthis, Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas itself, calling the action a “provocation against the Palestinian nation” and threatened “consequences.” Tehran accused the US and UK of taking “arbitrary measures” and making “a strategic error”, as did Russia, which denounced a “destructive escalation” and called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. “They want a bloodbath in the Red Sea,” responded Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan, accusing London and Washington of “disproportionate use of force.”
“Concern” was expressed by Saudi Arabia – which has led a coalition of Arab countries against the Houthis since 2015 in favor of an allied government – and China, which had brokered a ceasefire in Yemen between the Saudis and Iranians. An appeal to “reduce instability in the region” also came from Egypt, which is already trying to revive indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and which is drawing revenue from the Red Sea both from commercial transit in the Suez Canal and from tourism receives income.