The US-British coalition launched airstrikes on a number of elements of northern Yemen, together with its capital Sanaa, on Thursday earlier than daybreak, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The coalition launched 5 airstrikes on Sanhan district south of Sanaa, and Harf Sufyan district within the northern province of Amran, and one airstrike on Al-Luhayyah district north of Hodeidah province, the report stated.
Residents stated on social media that the strikes focused Houthi navy websites in Sanaa, Amran, and Hodeidah.
That is the second spherical of strikes on Houthi navy outposts in lower than 24 hours. Al-Masirah TV reported that airstrikes on Wednesday afternoon focused the identical places in Sanaa and Amran.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Wednesday’s strikes in a press release posted on X, saying its forces “performed a number of precision strikes in opposition to two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Superior Standard Weapon (ACW) storage amenities.”
“The Houthi group used these amenities to hold out assaults on US Navy warships and service provider vessels within the southern Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden,” the assertion stated.
Following the strikes, Houthi official Hussein al-Ezzi wrote on X earlier than Thursday daybreak that “America continues its aggression however doesn’t know what awaits it.”
The Houthi group, which controls a lot of northern Yemen, has been launching rocket and drone assaults in opposition to Israel and disrupting “Israeli-linked” delivery within the Purple Sea since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians amid their battle with Israel within the Gaza Strip.
In response, the US-led navy coalition stationed within the space has been conducting common air raids and strikes on Houthi targets to discourage the group, prompting the Houthis to increase assaults to incorporate US warships, Xinhua information company reported.
Earlier on January 5, a US-led navy coalition additionally launched three airstrikes on Yemen’s northern province of Saada, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The strikes focused a navy website of the Houthi group within the metropolis, residents stated on social media.
