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US air strikes target three areas in Yemen: Report

Yemen’s Al Masirah news outlet has reported that US air strikes have targeted at least three areas across the country.

The Houthi-affiliated outlet said a series of strikes targeted Kamran Island in the Red Sea, two air strikes hit the as-Salif district in western Yemen, and four air strikes were reported in the as-Saleem district in the Saada province in the north of the country.



Yemen’s Houthis say they shot down a US drone

The Yemeni group says this is the seventh US drone it has downed so far this month and the 22nd since the Gaza war began.

In a statement, the Houthis said their “air defence shot down a hostile American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Hajjah Governorate”.

The US has been carrying out deadly air attacks against what it says are Houthi targets in Yemen, killing dozens of people – including many civilians – over the past weeks.

The Trump administration has warned that its military campaign will continue until the Yemeni group halts all attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis have rejected the US assault, stressing that they are targeting ships in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and will stop when Israel ends its war on the enclave.