Yemen warfare mapped as Houthi rebels threaten chilling response to UK airstrikes
A brand new map reveals the exact spots the place US and UK army strikes hit Houthi targets in Yemen in an try and cease additional assaults on commerce ships within the Red Sea.
The US army and Britain’s Royal Air Force attacked a minimum of 60 targets throughout 16 places in Yemen. This is a giant enhance in aggression within the Middle East. It occurred after Houthi rebels attacked commerce ships within the Red Sea. British and American jets and warships shot down 21 drones and missiles launched by the Iranian-backed army group.
The map reveals strikes within the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and the governorates of Sa’dah, Hodeidah, Taiz and Dhamar. The strikes by fighter jets, warships and submarines have been meant to ship a message that “hostile actors” is not going to be allowed to “imperil freedom of navigation” within the Red Sea.
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“Command-and-control nodes, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defense radar systems,” have been the varieties of targets struck which could be seen on the map, in accordance with the U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command. Taiz’s worldwide airport was reportedly closely struck in the course of the assaults.
Joe Biden spoke concerning the assaults, saying: “These strikes are in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea including the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history. These attacks have endangered US personnel, civilian mariners, and our partners, jeopardized trade, and threatened freedom of navigation.”
Houthi officers haven’t but retaliated to the airstrikes however have spoken out strongly. They condemned America’s “brutal aggression” and promised that the attackers pays “absolutely and without hesitation”.
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Leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi warned: “Any American attack will not remain without a response. The response will be greater than the attack that was carried out with 20 drones and a number of missiles.”
Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanese group Hezbollah additionally criticised the US and UK strikes.
The Houthis, a gaggle from Yemen’s Shia Muslim minority, have been preventing in a civil warfare towards the Yemeni authorities since 2014. This battle has resulted in over 377,000 deaths and displaced 4 million folks, resulting in a significant humanitarian disaster.
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