US airstrikes hit the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday night, hitting shops in the Sha’ub District and injuring 14 civilians, Yemen’s Al Masirah TV has reported.
A total of three US airstrikes were reported in Sanaa, and other US attacks hit the Al Jawf province. According to Yemen’s SABA news agency, the US also struck the Ras Isa fuel port in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah, which was the site of major US airstrikes on April 17 that killed 80 civilians.
Also on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry of the Houthi-led Yemeni government warned of potential escalation against the US if airstrikes continue.
According to SABA, the ministry said the “continued US targeting of civilians and civilian objects will push Yemen to engage in potentially escalatory military options that will have a significant impact on the United States and the usurping Zionist entity.”
Earlier in the day, the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, fired a missile that struck the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. The incident marked the first time a Houthi missile made it past Israeli air defenses since the Yemeni group restarted attacks in response to Israel restarting its bombing campaign in Gaza on March 18.
The US has launched over 1,000 strikes on Yemen since March 15, which have failed to deter the Houthis but have taken a significant toll on civilians, killing over 200. The US has lost seven MQ-9 Reaper drones to Yemeni air defenses in recent weeks, and a F/A-18 fighter jet fell overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman during a Houthi attack in the Red Sea.
Is there a point to hit Sana’a
. It is a historic town and most streets are not passabl by cars. Plenty of bazaars. No government buildings -/ have not been there since early seventies. This just feels like attacking civilians on purpose, with what aim?
"engage in potentially escalatory military options" What would that be?
How to win enemies and lose friends Trumpster!…!…..!…..
You should be able to boycott whatever you want without government interference: https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1919070533150495079
She’s absolutely right until she gets to her misunderstanding about executive orders. The defining feature of executive orders is that the president just does them instead of Congress voting on them (which in turn explains why quite a few of them are constitutionally suspect).
Nothing prohibits congress from holding votes on the President's executive orders.
Someone could propose legislation to overturn — or cheer on — the president’s executive orders, but those would not be votes on the executive orders, they’d be votes on legislation. The executive orders themselves aren’t subject to congressional vote. That’s why they’re called “executive orders” rather than “congressional bills.”
I never said they were. I merely said you could have both, Trump’s EOs AND votes on congressional legislation.
Warning shots, no one killed! There have been 1000 American strikes and only 200 people have been killed in total. It shows that body counts are not the intention. Houthis have to stop committing acts of war and there will be no war, at least not with Israel and the US or any of the international ships they have attacked.
The Houthis will not stop. Like many dictators, they have failed their people. So they need to convince their people that Israel and now the US is out to get them to stay in power.
Or Israel could stop their ongoing genocide on Gaza. You know, like the Houthis have repeated continuously but for some reason you continuously ignore that.
With the exception of Israel, the MENA region is all totalitarian governments, Kings, dictators, and Islamic militias.