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US, UK strike Yemen’s main oil export terminal in Hudaydah

Saturday, 17 February 2024 5:35 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 17 February 2024 6:12 PM ]

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 fighter jet is being prepared to take off. Britain’s Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft have conducted strike operations against targets in Yemen in response to attacks on Israeli-affiliated shipping in the Red Sea. (File photo via Reuters)

The United States and Britain have launched a new round of airstrikes on Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah, targeting the country’s main oil export terminal.

Yemen's official Saba news agency, citing a security source speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that the airstrikes hit the Port of Ras Isa. No further details were immediately available.

The airstrike came only a few hours after the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces said the country’s naval units had carried out a qualitative operation in the Red Sea, striking a British oil tanker.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a televised speech broadcast live from the Yemeni capital Sana’a that the military had launched a large number of naval missiles at Pollux tanker.

He said the Arab nation’s naval units will continue attacks in the Red Sea and the Arab Sea against Israeli-linked ships until the regime halts its aggression in Gaza and lifts its tight siege.

Yemeni forces claim ‘direct hit’ on British ship in Gulf of Aden

Yemen says its armed forces fired missiles at a British ship passing though the Gulf of Aden on Thursday and scored a “direct hit” in their latest operation in solidarity with the Palestinians.

The United States and Britain have been carrying out such strikes on Yemen since Washington and its allies offered the Tel Aviv regime unqualified support and said Yemeni forces bear the consequences of 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 the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have said they won’t stop retaliatory strikes.

The maritime attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes.

Tankers are instead adding thousands of miles to international shipping routes by sailing around the continent of Africa rather than going through the Suez Canal.

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