US launches air attacks in Yemen

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Washington (ANN)-President Trump said he ordered an airstrike in Yemen. explaining that they were a response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on US warships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.

He said that US warships have been attacked by the Houthis dozens of times in the past four months. He ordered the airstrikes targeting the city of Sanaa tonight. President Trump also described the airstrikes carried out on Sanaa as a result of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping and the Beb el Mandeb Strait, which caused billions in damage to the US economy.

President Trump said the move was the beginning of a series of preemptive strikes authorized by the United States against the Houthi group in Yemen, according to Axios.

US President Donald Trump, in a statement, said that he had issued a decision today to order US forces to launch a strong military operation against the Houthis, adding; “Our troops are carrying out strikes against terrorist bases, leaders, and defenses to protect American ships and restore freedom of navigation. Biden used to be kind to you, but I am telling you Houthis that your time is up, stop your attacks, or you will face something like hell you have never seen before”! The President said in the press release, which includes threatening and warning statements directed at the Houthis in Yemen.

The US Secretary of Defense, for his part, said that a warning had been sent to Iran, saying, “A warning has been sent to Iran, which supports the Houthis, and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea will be restored.”

The exact number of casualties and the areas hit are not known, but a press release issued by the Houthis, quoted by Al Jazeera, stated that 9 people were killed in the attack, while nine others, all civilians, were injured.

The United States, Britain, and Israel have carried out several airstrikes on Yemen, which have reportedly damaged basic services in the port of Hudaydah and other areas in Sanaa. However, the attacks have not changed the Houthis’ stance on the war in Gaza.

The Houthis have repeatedly carried out bombings in the occupied Palestinian territory, and have threatened that their attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Bab El Mandab Strait are the cause of the suffering of the Palestinian people.