Click to see full-size image. (The U.S. Central Command)
The United States and the United Kingdom launched late on February 3 joint strikes against dozens of targets of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen.
The militaries of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand provided support for the strikes, according to a statement released by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
The strikes hit 36 Houthi targets at 13 locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the command said, adding that the targets included multiple underground storage facilities, command and control, missile systems, drone storage and operations sites, radars and helicopters.
Two U.S. Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, USS Gravely and USS Carney, fired Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles as part of the strikes, a U.S. official told CNN. F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier also took part in the strikes, according to the officials.
Click to see full-size image. (The U.S. Central Command)
Click to see full-size image. (The U.S. Central Command)
Meanwhile the British Ministry of Defense said that RAF Typhoon FGR4s fighter jets from Royal Air Force Akrotiri military base in Cyprus took part in the strikes.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that “this collective action sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels.”
“We will not hesitate to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways,” Austin added.
Meanwhile, British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement of his own that the latest strikes were not an escalation in hostilities, but instead were designed “to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation”. He added that he was confident they had “further degraded the Houthis’ capabilities”.
Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement posted on the X social platform, previously known as Twitter, that a total of 48 American and British strikes hit Yemen, targeting the capital, Sanaa, as well as the provinces of al-Hudaydah, Taiz, al-Bayda, Hajjah and Sa’dah.
“These attacks will not deter us from our moral, religious and humanitarian stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and will not go without a response and punishment,” the spokesman said, without reporting any casualties.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have targeted dozens of Israel-affiliated vessels and others owned by the U.S. and the United Kingdom since November 19 in response to the ongoing Israeli war and siege on Gaza, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 27,000 Palestinains.
The last series of strikes on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen was the third by the U.S. and UK since November 11. The U.S. carried out dozens of other strikes on its own.
The joint strikes came in addition to U.S. “self-defense” strikes earlier on February 3 that targeted six Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles that were being prepared for launch against ships in the Red Sea, CENTCOM said. Another self-defense strike was also conducted on a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile early on February 4, according to the command
Just a day earlier, the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on more than 85 targets of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated forces in Syria and Iraq in response to last weekend’s drone strike on a base in Jordan which claimed the lives of three American service members and wounded more than 40 others.
The recent attacks on Iraq, Syria and Yemen show how the U.S. has been relying more and more on force to impose its presence in the Middle East and support Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. This will only lead to more escalation against Washington and its interests by Iran and its allies in the so-called Axis of Resistance.
the toothless bankrupt pirate rock poodle of the pentacon golem imagines it’s still a “world power” as the damp rock itself is overrun by machete wielding, acid chucking neanderthals from every anglo plundered s#ithole the snaggle-toothed in-bred limeys ever chanced upon. as long as pentacon growls the mangy poodle yelps as the fun loving houthis destroy the remnants of the limey economy. karma is beautiful indeed.
yes that is also what i like about the houthi that they are a happy people. after they torch some armoured vehicles or chase the enemy away they sometimes go dancing together. really cool. if you search ‘houthi song’ on youtube you see them singing and dancing on a captured ship lmao
in the 1960s the english thought they would teach the yemenis a lesson and sent in the sas. a few days later a couple of the guys were posted missing. they eventually found the missing guys. the singing and dancing yemenis had captured the sas guys cut off their heads and stuck them on poles. friendly bunch.
pentagram with (their) uk poodle are back again. in their favorite specialty of the warships and air force against those who doesn’t have the navy and air force at all. anglo saxon cowards.
yeah good luck to the anglo-americans if they ever dare go to war with china 🇨🇳 or russia 🇷🇺 or iran and let’s not forget north korea. 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇪🇺= 🤡🤡🤡
i’m talking about direct confrontation.
us moron must pay for transit via russian rail since houthis might frighten our lgbt pilots…we always depend our superior russian brothers
the obedient vassals had to provided support for the strikes, according to a statement released by the u.s. central command (centcom)
the vassals became a legitim target. bagrain can be bombed by drones. remember that zionist ship that was hit and killed in the harbor in bagrain a time ago. all ships from the agressors must be targeted now.