Sana’a, Jan 13 (EFE). – The United States launched a new bombing campaign on Saturday against a military base of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the port city of Al Hudaydah.<\/p>
The US bombed insurgent positions for the second consecutive day in response to their attacks in the Red Sea, witnesses reported to EFE.<\/p>
According to them, the alleged US bombing came after the insurgents launched a missile aimed at the southern Red Sea, where the rebels have carried out dozens of attacks against merchant ships since November, severely disrupting maritime traffic.<\/p>
The extent of the attack on Al Hudaydah, one of the rebels’ main bases for launching drones and rockets, is still unknown.<\/p>
The Yemeni port city, along with a base near the airport in the capital Sanaa, were the targets of Saturday’s bombing campaign against Yemen.<\/p>
So far, neither the Houthis nor the US have commented on the matter.<\/p>
However, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the attack on its X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday morning. <\/p>
“At 3:45 am (Sana’a time) on Jan. 13, US forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen. This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles,” CENTCOM said.<\/p>
“(It) was a follow-on action to a specific military target associated with strikes conducted on Jan. 12 to degrade the Houthi ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels,” the US Central Command added.<\/p>
The first large-scale military operation, carried out by the US and UK with support from a dozen countries, targeted 28 insurgent enclaves, according to CENTCOM, and left five Houthi casualties, according to the Yemeni rebels.<\/p>
Following these attacks, the Houthis organized a massive demonstration yesterday against the US and the UK, against which they declared “open war,” fearing the opening of new fronts in the war in Gaza.<\/p>
Since mid-November, the Yemeni rebels have carried out dozens of attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea to exert economic pressure on Israel and support the Palestinians in Gaza. EFE<\/p>
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