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Aggression rages: US, UK conduct new round of airstrikes in western Yemen

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 6:37 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 6:38 AM ]

A fighter jet is launched from the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during a strike against what the US military calls military targets in Yemen, on February 3, 2024. (Photo via Reuters)

The United States and the UK have launched a fresh military strike in Yemen in response to the Arab nation’s pro-Palestine attacks on Israeli-affiliated shipping in the Red Sea, raising fears of an escalation of conflict in the region.

Yemen's official Saba news agency, citing a security source speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that the aerial assault targeted the port of Ras Isa in the strategic western province of Hudaydah, without providing further details.

Hours earlier, the US-British coalition had launched airstrikes on targets in the Tuhayat district of the same Yemeni province.

This comes as a top-ranking member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has reiterated that the country’s Armed Forces are prepared for a potential ground invasion by the US and British forces.

Mohammad Ali al-Houthi said on Tuesday that such a ground invasion would be much more difficult compared to similar operations conducted in the past by US-led forces in Afghanistan and Vietnam.

Houthi said Yemen “has no worries” about such a scenario, and that this would exactly be what the Yemenis have been awaiting

'With Gaza till victory': Yemeni protesters reaffirm support for Palestinians

Yemenis have staged a million-man march in the capital Sana’a to reaffirm their support for Palestinians in Gaza which is under a brutal Israeli offensive.

The United States and the United Kingdom have been carrying out strikes against Yemen after the administration of US President Joe Biden and its allies offered the Tel Aviv regime unqualified support and said that Yemeni forces bear the consequences of their attacks against Israeli-owned ships or merchant vessels heading to the occupied territories.

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Yemeni Armed Forces have said that they won’t stop their attacks until unrelenting Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza, which have killed at least 28,473 people and wounded another 68,146 individuals, come to an end.

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