A satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows destroyed bunkers at Hodeida Airfield in Hodeida, Yemen, on January 12, 2024, following airstrikes by the United States and Britain. The Houthis in Yemen fired an antiship ballistic missile on January 12, 2024, in retaliation for American and British night strikes against Iranianbacked rebels, a US general said. Assessment of the damage caused by the U.S. and British attacks in which nearly 30 locations were hit with more than 150 munitions was still ongoing, Sims said, but noted that the number of casualties was not expected to be high. Satellite image
On Saturday the 13th, the port city of Hodeida, in Yemenwas hit by a new attack US. The bombing occurred shortly after the rebels Houthis Firing rockets in the region. The Houthis, an Iranbacked group that has carried out attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, said the site where the missile was fired was hit. However, it is not yet known whether the bombardment was from sea and air. The bombings come a day after the United States and the United Kingdom attacked several targets in the country, whose capital, Sanaa, has been controlled by the Houthis since 2014. The attacks raised fears of a regional conflagration similar to the war between Israel and the Islamist movement. Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Since the conflict began in October 2023, activity by Iranianbacked groups has increased in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
*With information from AFP