US-UK targets Yemen’s Hodeidah airport with three air strikes: Houthi media
Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Hodeidah International Airport has been struck three times today by US and British aircraft.
That’s according the Al Masirah television channel that is controlled by the Iran-aligned armed group. The rebels control much of Yemen after nearly a decade of war against a Western-backed and Saudi-led coalition.
US forces destroy three Houthi drones: CENTCOM
US Central Command has said the drones were destroyed in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen over the past 24 hours. It added that the drones presented an “imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region”, without providing further details.
The announcement came as the Houthis said they targeted a commercial vessel twice – in both the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait – with a number of ballistic and naval missiles and drones.
July 12 U.S. Central Command Update
In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
It was determined these UAVs presented an imminent threat to… pic.twitter.com/zEFiOThGVb
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 12, 2024
