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US warplanes launch new raid on Yemen port

US jets have carried out 13 air strikes on Hodeidah’s port and airport, Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al Masirah says. The raid comes two days after a US air strike targeted the Ras Isa port in Hodeidah, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 150.


UN chief alarmed at deadly US air strikes on Yemeni port

Antonio Guterres is “gravely concerned” about US air strikes this week on Yemen, a spokesman says after the attacks killed at least 80 people, according to Yemeni media.

“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the airstrikes conducted by the United States over the course of 17 and 18 April in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa, which reportedly resulted in scores of civilian casualties, including five humanitarian workers injured,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

The strikes on Ras Isa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the Houthis, who control large swaths of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, the US military said. It was the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group.

Guterres expressed fears of damage to the port and “possible oil leaks into the Red Sea”, Dujarric said.


Three people killed in US air strikes on Yemeni capital

The Houthi-affiliated TV channel Al Masirah is reporting that three people have been killed and four injured in new US air strikes on the al-Thawra, Bani Matar and al-Safiah districts in Sanaa.


US carries out at least 29 air raids across Yemen

Yemeni media affiliated with the Houthis are reporting that the US has carried out at least 29 air raids across Yemen this evening. The attacks targeted Sanaa, Amran, Marib and Hodeidah governorate in western Yemen.


Smoke billows up from the site of a US air strike in Sanaa, Yemen