Yemen's Houthi rebel media reported new attacks in Yemen on Saturday, a day after American and British bombings against sites belonging to the movement, which were accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
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Washington announced Friday evening that it had carried out an attack against Yemen's Houthi rebels, a day after American and British bombings against sites of that movement that were accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
“US forces conducted an attack against a radar facility in Yemen at approximately 3:45 a.m. local time (7:45 p.m. Eastern Time) on Saturday,” the United States Central Military Command (CENTCOM) reported in a statement.
At 3:45 a.m. (Sanaa time) on January 13, US forces carried out an attack against a Houthi radar facility in Yemen. This attack was carried out by the USS Carney (DDG 64) with Tomahawk land attack missiles and was a follow-up action on a specific military target associated with attacks. pic.twitter.com/YE5BKJLGBv
– US Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 13, 2024
The Houthi rebel broadcaster al-Masirah had previously reported American attacks on at least one location in the capital Sanaa.
In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tensions in the Red Sea have increased in recent weeks as Houthi carried out attacks on maritime transport in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
Early Friday, American and British strikes targeted military sites belonging to the Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen including the capital Sanaa, raising fears of a regional spillover of the war in Gaza sparked by the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7th.
US President Joe Biden had threatened the Houthis with further attacks on rebel positions if they did not stop firing in the Red Sea.
However, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” after the British and American attacks on Friday, but it did not hit any ships, the US army said before the attacks on Saturday morning.