US military air strikes target Houthi weapons depot in Yemen
The US Central Command says it conducted “precision strikes” targeting the Houthi militia’s underground weapons caches in Yemen. “The Houthis used these facilities to conduct attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” it said.
“The strikes are part of CENTCOM’s effort to degrade Iranian-backed Houthi attempts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region.”
US and British forces have repeatedly struck targets in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis say their attacks are in solidarity with besieged Palestinians in Gaza.
Seven US-UK strikes targeted Yemen’s Amran, Sanaa provinces: Houthi media
We reported earlier that the US Central Command claimed to have conducted “precision strikes” targeting the Houthi militia’s underground weapons caches in Yemen.
The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel says there were five raids in the Harf Sufyan district of the northwestern Amran province and two in the Sanhan district of the Sanaa province.
It did not elaborate on the results of the attacks.
Also today, a protest rally was staged by university students in Sanaa to denounce strikes on Yemen and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
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