The United States carried out fresh strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, on Friday (Jan 12), reported news agency Reuters citing officials after President Joe Biden said that American forces would carry out new strikes if the Iran-backed group keeps attacking ships. The new strikes were seemingly confirmed by Houthi media which reported airstrikes in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
The latest strike targeted a radar site, US officials speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters. Radar infrastructure reportedly has been a key target in the US military effort to halt Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
The new airstrikes come a day after the US and the United Kingdom conducted strikes on the Iran-backed group’s facilities. “We will make sure we respond to the Huthis if they continue this outrageous behavior,” Biden told reporters on an election campaign in the US state of Pennsylvania.
Houthi-run television channel Al-Masirah news network reported multiple strikes in Sanaa. “The American-British enemy is targeting the capital, Sanaa, with a number of airstrikes,” said the Houthi-run media.
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