The US launched a new attack on the Houthis in Yemen 0
(Dan Tri) – A new round of US air strikes targets Houthi forces’ targets in the capital Sanaa, Yemen.
Many explosions north of Sanaa, Yemen on January 12 (Photo: AFP).
Reuters quoted two unnamed US officials as saying that on the evening of January 12, the US military continued to strike targets of the Houthi forces in Yemen.
The scale of the second air strike was smaller.
In the first raid, US and British aircraft and warships targeted dozens of Houthi targets including command centers, ammunition depots, and weapons production facilities inside Yemeni territory.
General Douglas Sims, joint operations commander of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that in the first raid, the US and UK used more than 150 missiles and smart bombs, targeting 30 US targets.
He asserted that the raid had `weakened the Houthi’s ability to carry out missile and drone attacks`.
According to Houthi, the first attack by the Western alliance on the evening of January 11 left 5 people dead and 6 injured.
US President Joe Biden’s order to attack Houthi targets in Yemen has led to mixed public opinion.
The White House said that, since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out last October, up to now, more than 50 countries have been affected in 27 Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
President Biden emphasized that the country’s military will continue appropriate response activities against the Houthis if this force continues to attack ships passing through the Red Sea.
Experts warn that the Western offensive campaign will hardly avoid Houthi retaliation.
In fact, despite Washington’s warnings, immediately after the first US-UK airstrike, the Houthis fired anti-ship missiles at a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US has no intention of entering a military conflict in Yemen.
As for the Houthis, this force announced that it will not stop attacking ships in the Red Sea until Israel ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi leader, called on the US and UK to `withdraw from the Red Sea`.
