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Updated: 25.02.2024 – 12:30
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The US and UK bombed the Houthis in Yemen again tonight, specifically eighteen targets that were being prepared for attacks against commercial shipping. “At approximately 11:50 p.m. (Sanaa time) on February 24, Central Command forces, in cooperation with the United Kingdom armed forces and supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, attacked eighteen Houthis.” Targets in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran,” the US Armed Forces Central Command said in a statement.
The text published on Twitter explained that these attacks targeted “areas used by the Houthis to attack international commercial ships and ships in the region.” Specifically against “weapons storage facilities, missile storage facilities, non-return attack unmanned aerial systems, air defense systems, radars, and helicopters.”
With these attacks, the United States aims to “weaken the Houthis' capabilities and prevent their foolish and illegal attacks against international commercial ships, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf.” Aden.” In addition, it calls for “self-defense” for participating countries and the restoration of freedom of navigation. He added that “the Houthis' unlawful attacks have affected humanitarian aid to Yemen and the economies of the Middle East and caused environmental damage.”
Just yesterday, Houthi-affiliated media outlets, such as Al Masirah TV, reported on three attacks by the US and UK in the capital, Sanaa, and bombings in Attan, Al-Nahrain, and Taiz.
Following the US and UK moves, the Houthi military operations spokesman said, Yahya SariIt reported new attacks by the Yemeni army against American targets and warned that its military operations would not stop unless the operations of its enemies in Gaza stopped.
Saree announced in a statement published on the Telegram website that “the naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation directed against the American ship “Turm Thor” in the Gulf of Aden with a number of appropriate naval missiles.” The Yemeni military spokesman added, in the same memorandum, that his air force also attacked “several American warships in the Red Sea with several drones.”
The memorandum explains that it is a “response” to the calls of the Yemeni people “for the victory of the oppressed Palestinian people, and in response to the American-British aggression” against Yemen.
In this regard, the country's army confirmed that it would “deal with the escalation” undertaken by the United States and the United Kingdom through “more qualitative military operations against all hostile targets in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.”
“The Yemeni armed forces, and with them all the great Yemeni people, continue to perform their religious, moral and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people, and their military operations will not stop unless the aggression and siege on the Palestinian people in Gaza stops.” sector,” the statement concludes.
In recent months, hostilities in the region have intensified as a result of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In solidarity with the Palestinians, the Houthis warned that they would attack any ship operated by Israeli companies or whose final destination is their ports.
In response, the United States and the United Kingdom led a coalition aimed at protecting maritime trade, even going so far as to attack rebel-controlled Yemeni territory, which also expanded attacks on these two countries' ships.
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