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The United States again attacked targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen in the early hours of this Saturday (13) Friday night (12) in Brazil, a day after a first wave of bombings in response to the Yemeni offensive Group of ships at sea red.
Houthiaffiliated broadcaster AlMasirah also said that the US and UK sponsored attacks in the country's capital, Sanaa, which is controlled by Shiite rebels backed by Iran, while in the country is currently in a fragile situation, there is a civil war, there is a ceasefire.
After the USled coalition's first offensive on Friday, the group vowed to redouble and continue its attacks by sea Yemen's Red Sea coast is rebelheld territory.
According to a Washington official who spoke anonymously to CNN, this Saturday's bombings are an isolated US operation, smaller in scope compared to Friday's attacks. Their target would be a Houthi radar system.
Commenting on the first offensive, American President Joe Biden, who described the group as terrorists, had reiterated that he would not hesitate to launch new attacks. Although a retaliation from the rebels was expected, the military reported only the launch of an antiship ballistic missile throughout Friday, which failed to hit the target.
The first attacks brought thousands of Sanaa residents to the streets to protest. They carried Palestinian and Yemeni flags and chanted slogans such as “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
The Houthis have carried out 27 attacks on ships on one of the world's most important trade routes since midNovember. They claimed to have targeted Israellinked ships supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and had defied warnings from Washington that there would be a response.
The Western offensive against a group financed by Iran and backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah, also allied with the Iranians, is adding to fears that the war between Tel Aviv and Hamas in Gaza is evolving into a larger regional conflict and Tehranbacked actors could move to Washington.
The new campaign is the most important direct test for the United States in the war that has devastated swaths of the Gaza Strip and remains intense. The Americans had previously killed the leader of a proIranian Iraqi faction that had carried out attacks on its bases in the Middle East in support of Hamas.
When the conflict erupted, Washington sent two groups of aircraft carriers to the region, a signal to Iran and its proxies that it would respond if anyone interfered with Tel Aviv's actions.
The greatest fear was Hezbollah, the most powerful enemy on the border with Israel. Deterrence, combined with internal problems in both Lebanon and Iran, has been relatively successful, with the fundamentalist group's involvement limited to major tensions on the border between the countries.
At least 2,000 ships had to reroute their routes from the Red Sea, a transit area for 15% of global shipping trade. Around 40% of traffic in the Suez Canal, which connects the sea with the Mediterranean, has come to a standstill. Freight rates rose, as did the price of oil, as the region is used as a link between the Persian Gulf and Europe.