Aerial footage shows moment RAF Typhoon strikes Yemen military target
The US military struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen today after Joe Biden vowed to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
US Central Command said the “follow-on action”, early on Saturday local time against a Houthi radar site, was conducted by the Navy destroyer USS Carney using Tomahawk land attack missiles.
A Houthi official told Al Jazeera that no injuries resulted from today’s strikes by the US, and vowed a “strong and effective response”.
The first day of strikes on Friday hit 28 locations and struck more than 60 targets.
On Friday, a fresh missile attack on a Red Sea ship was reported after Houthi rebels warned that British interests were “legitimate targets” following the RAF and the US unleashing airstrikes.
The overnight bombardment by US and UK warplanes, ships and submarines was launched in response to weeks of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea.
The US said the strikes, in two waves, took aim at targets in 28 different locations across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
UN envoy urges restraint over Yemen, region ‘increasingly precarious’
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Saturday urged maximum restraint by all parties involved in Yemen and warned of an increasingly uncertain situation in the region.
The envoy, Hans Grundberg, “notes with serious concern the increasingly precarious regional context, and its adverse impact on peace efforts in Yemen and stability and security in the region,” he said in a statement.
Congresswoman says Biden is ‘violating Constitution’ with Yemen strikes
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said Joe Biden is “violating Article I of the Constitution by carrying out airstrikes in Yemen without congressional approval” in a post on X.
She added that Americans “are tired of endless war”.
Houthi site damage before and after US-led airstrikes captured by satellite
New satellite images show the before and after of the Houthi sites hit by US-led airstrikes, which come as the group continually disrupt cargo in the Red Sea. The Houthis claim to be targeting Red Sea vessels which are either owned by or heading to Israel, in support for Hamas in Gaza. The group have already promised both the UK and US will face ‘retaliation’ for this week’s strikes, which they say has killed five and injured at least six. Joe Biden has already said the US would “not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary.”
In pictures: People protest the US strikes on Yemen at a rally in Seattle
Protestors in Seattle, Washington held placards and banners demanding the US and UK “stop bombing Yemen” in a demonstration on Friday.
Mapped: How the US and UK attacks on Houthi rebels took place and what weapons were used?
Huge explosions were seen in Yemeni cities including Sana’a and Hodeidah in the early hours of Friday, with the US military saying 60 strikes were launched against 16 sites linked to the Houthis’ military operations.
Below, The Independent looks at how the attacks unfolded and what weapons were used in the strikes.
Washington expects more attacks from the Houthis after Western strikes
A senior US military official has said the White House expects more retaliatory attacks from the Houthis as UK and US strike targets in Yemen.
The Houthis have already fired “at least one” missile in response to the US and UK attacks on 16 different positions with 150 munitions, Joint Staff Director of Operations Lt Gen Douglas Sims told reporters in a virtual meeting.
He said: “Their rhetoric has been pretty strong, and pretty high, and we expect that they will attempt some sort of retaliation. I would hope that they don’t retaliate, but we’re prepared in the event that they do.”
Why are Britain and US attacking Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels?
The attacks came after the Houthis launched their largest attack on Red Sea shipping, one of 27 such assaults since 19 November.
Officials said that 21 missiles and drones were fired at warships and commercial vessels near the Bab al-Mandab Strait earlier this week, the southern bottleneck of the Red Sea, with US and UK warships blowing them out of the sky.
US launches more strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen
US officials say that the second wave of strikes was carried out on Friday night and targeted a radar facility used by the Houthis, reported CNN.
It came after the Houthis fired an anti-ship missile towards a commercial vessel in the Red Sea.
Houthi spokesperson says US strikes on Yemen have no impact on group’s attacks on Israel-affiliated ships
Yemen‘s Houthis’ spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam told Reuters that U.S. strikes on Yemen, including the latest one on a military base in Sanaa, had no significant impact on the Houthi capabilities to continue preventing Israel-affiliated vessels from passing through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
No injuries from US latest strike- Houthi official
An official of Yemen‘s Houthi group Ansarullah said on Saturday that there were no injuries in U.S. latest strike against Houthi forces in Sanaa, and vowed a “strong and effective” response.
“There were no injuries, no material nor human losses,” Nasruldeen Amer told Al Jazeera
