2024-01-13 01:44:21
Demonstration Friday in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, in reactions to the first round of strikes once morest the Houthi rebels led by the United States and the United Kingdom. HOUTHI MEDIA CENTER / REUTERS
Washington intends to degrade the rebels’ ability to strike commercial ships crossing the Red Sea.
Washington announced Friday evening January 12 that it had carried out a strike once morest the Yemeni Houthi rebels, the day following American and British bombings once morest sites of this movement accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea. “US forces carry out strike once morest radar site in Yemen” around 3:45 a.m. local Saturday (00:45 GMT), the United States Central Military Command (Centcom) reported in a statement. The Houthi rebel channel al-Masirah earlier reported American strikes on at least one site in the capital Sanaa.
In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tension has risen in the Red Sea in recent weeks with Houthi attacks targeting maritime traffic in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
Fears of regional spillover
Early Friday, American and British strikes targeted military sites held by the Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, reviving fears of a regional spillover of the war in Gaza triggered by the attack without precedent carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7.
US President Joe Biden had threatened the Houthis with further strikes on rebel positions if the latter did not stop their firing in the Red Sea. However, following the British and American strikes on Friday, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” which, however, did not hit any ships, the US military said before the strikes on Saturday morning.
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