US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that its warships and planes launched a series of strikes against Yemen, targeting the capital, Sanaa, and coastal areas.
According to Al Mayadeen, at least eight US strikes hit Sanaa, and targets included buildings used by Yemen’s Defense Ministry. It’s unclear if there were any casualties in the attacks.
CENTCOM said the strikes took place on Monday and Tuesday and claimed it hit a “Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV).”
In addition, CENTCOM said its forces “destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles and one-way attack UAVs over the Red Sea.”
The strikes come as it’s been nearly one year since President Biden started the bombing campaign against the Houthis, which he launched to defend Israeli shipping. Hundreds of US and British missile strikes have done nothing to deter the Houthis, who started targeting Israel and Israeli-linked shipping in response to the onslaught in Gaza.
After the fresh US strikes, the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, vowed they won’t back down. “The US aggression on Yemen is a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, and blatant support for Israel to encourage it to continue its crimes of genocide against the people of Gaza,” said Ansar Allah spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam, according to The Cradle.
“We affirm that Yemen, with its great sacrifices, continues to defend itself in the face of any aggression and that it is steadfast in its position supporting Gaza,” Abdulsalam added.
In recent weeks, the Houthis have been able to get missiles past Israeli air defense systems, Israel has increased its attacks on Yemen, and Israeli officials are threatening further escalation.
From 2015-2022, the US supported a Saudi/UAE war against the Houthis, which involved heavy airstrikes, a ground campaign, and a blockade, and the Houthis only became a more capable fighting force during that time.
According to the UN, the war killed at least 377,000 people, with more than half dying of starvation and disease caused by the siege. A ceasefire between the Houthis and Saudis has held relatively well since April 2022, but new US sanctions are blocking the implementation of a lasting peace deal.
This is all true AFAIK but Yemen has also attaced the USS Harry Truman with drones and missiles. >> https://noticiaslatam.lat/20241231/los-huties-afirman-haber-atacado-con-misiles-y-drones-el-portaviones-harry-truman-de-eeuu-1160156408.html (in Spanish).
It's interesting that there are no news in the site reporting the Yemeni bombing of Tel Aviv yesterday (Ben Gurion Airport and a power plant hit, no casualties).
Nothing new…! We all know Israeli and Western media censor news detrimental to their cause…!
Yes but this is not a mainstream media, they just seem coy of having real sources out there.
Consider Pentagon part of the mainstream media…!
Or, the main stream media as part of of the Pentagon.
Or, both the Pentagon, and the main steam media, are part of Ray McGovern's Military/Industrial/Congresional/Intelligence/Media/Acadamia/Think Tank(MICIMATT) complex.
Ditto…!
False…! All missiles and drones are stored underground…! No mention of bunker buster bombs…!
Do you receive briefings from the Houthis on where/how they store their missiles and drones?
Well, Iran keeps its peaceful nuclear activities, and their missiles and drones underground… Hezbollah keeps their drones and missiles underground… They both published a video of such facilities previously…! Hamas keeps their rockets and live underground… Then, do you think Houthis keep their weapons above ground for US/UK to bomb…?!
Besides, Biden said "it's not working"…! Why is it not working…?!
Remember what George W. Bush said in the aftermath of 9/11: "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
Here we are 24 years later, and the richest country in the world is bombing one of the poorest countries in the world.
Over 20 years ago OBL said in a message "We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy."
However, the US has been anything but decisive in subduing the Middle East. Barefooted poor Arabs in futas are giving us a run for the money.
As Bob Dylan would say "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
And why are we bombing Yemen, pray tell? Did they attack us? No, but they're opposed to our genocide and are doing something about it, which is more than what the entire world is doing.
Makes us proud to be Americans who speak out.
He Was the Decider…!
It was about the time some someone would start standing against the empire…!
President Trump has a difficult road to hoe if he intends to achieve global peace. The Russians and Iranians know the US and NATO are incapable of honoring agreements, regardless of policy matters.
It's little wonder that many expect an imminent nuclear conflagration.
How sad that the US leadership is willing to sacrifice the country on behalf of a state run by war criminals openly committing a genocide.
All the US knows how to do any more is throwing around bombs and setting off missiles into other countries to kill people.
Some even say this morning that we should become more like Israel after the New Orleans attack. what they mean don;'t just support genocide with our bombs do it here at home as well.
”Don’t kick the tires, don’t light the fires!”….
https://www.veteransforpeace.org
This was attack mostly on civilians in Sana’a. And over the ground capabilities such as radars. But there are two factors that make the difference.
One, hope somebody saw North.Yemen, I had. Temen has geography for warfare, as its mountains are nearly impregnable, There are realistically speaking only two viable aprosches to highlands where Sana’a is situated. Their military facilities are underground.
Two, agriculture is capable to feed population. Both the valleys and step agriculture on hills produce all manners of food — grains, veggetables, fruits, potatoes, nuts, and even grapes. Yemen has the oldest coffee on earth. Initial blockade was damaging to cities that imported food and had shortages. But imports stopoed and food was reballanced. UN exaggerated the famine consequences as UN is often the tool of US to insert its resources, pressure on government and rewarding those that cooperated politically. UN never made it beyond Hodeidah, and benefits did not outweigh the negative.
Bombing can damage irrigation and step agriculture. but not degrade wealon production. We can imagine all we want -/ but things changed. Yemen will get all supplies through Saudi Arabia. World is not functioning by rules we understand any more.