Calling them terrorists, America again bombed Houthi positions, destroyed 60 places
US forces attacked another position controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen on Saturday morning. Two American officials gave this information. Associated Press journalists heard a loud explosion in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. An official said that earlier on Friday, America and Britain had targeted places used by Houthi rebels. Of these, 60 targets were attacked in 28 places. The US had said that a radar site still posed a threat to maritime traffic. Officials have given this information on the condition of anonymity.
US President Joe Biden warned on Friday that Houthi rebels may face more attacks. The attack comes as the US Navy on Friday ordered US-flagged ships to avoid areas around Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the next 72 hours, following airstrikes by the US and Britain on Houthi rebels. Gave warning.
The warning comes as Yemen’s Houthi rebels have called for retaliation for US-led attacks, raising the risk of a wider conflict on top of Israel’s war in Gaza.
US military and White House officials said they expected the Houthis to counterattack. Houthi rebels said US-led airstrikes killed at least five people and wounded six others. Asked if he thought the Houthis were a terrorist group, Biden said in Pennsylvania, “I think they are terrorists.”
Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saari said in a pre-recorded statement that the US air strikes would be responded to.
Former US intelligence official Elissa Slotkin welcomed the US strikes but expressed concern that Iran’s goal was to drag the US deeper into the conflict.
Biden told reporters that Iran had received a clear message. “I have already sent a message to Iran. They know there is nothing to be done,” he said.
Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it had seized two companies in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly moving Iranian goods on behalf of Iran-based Said al-Jamal, who finances Houthi rebels. Bans have been imposed. Ban has also been imposed on four ships of these companies.
At the same time, Iran has released footage of seizing an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman which was once the center of dispute between Tehran and Washington.
