Media: US, UK air forces again attack Houthis in Yemen

In the early hours of November 12, American and British warplanes conducted three airstrikes on Ansar Allah (Houthis) facilities in the al-Fazah area in the al-Tuhayta district, located in the southern part of Hodeidah governorate.

This comes after a series of attacks launched by the US-British coalition the previous day, which saw a total of nine airstrikes on Saada and Amran provinces, Caliber.Az reports, citing Al Mayadeen.

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According to local sources, seven of these airstrikes targeted the Bart and Sufyan junction in Amran, while two airstrikes hit al-Rahba in the al-Safraa district of Saada governorate.

Yemeni military sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that no military casualties were reported as a result of these attacks.

The escalation follows an earlier assault by the coalition, which launched ten airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and Amran province. Detailed reports indicate that three of these airstrikes hit the al-Hafa and al-Nahdayn areas in the southern and eastern parts of Sanaa at dawn on November 10.

Notably, the Houthi, US and UK attacks have raised fears of an expansion of the conflict in Gaza as well as concerns over efforts to end Yemen’s own civil war.

The two nations have repeatedly carried out strikes on Yemen since January to stop the Houthi rebels from attacking Israeli-linked commercial ships passing through the Red Sea. In July, strikes in Hodeidah province killed at least 16 people, the Houthis said.

The Houthis, who control larger parts of Yemen, including Sanaa, have been attacking shipping lanes in the Red Sea and firing missiles and drones at Israel in solidarity with Palestinians.

In more than 100 Houthi attacks over nearly a year, four sailors have been killed and two ships have sunk, while one vessel and its crew remain detained since being hijacked last November.

The Yemeni group has demanded that Israel stop its war on Gaza as a condition to stop the attacks that have disrupted trade through one of the busiest maritime routes in the world.

Israeli soldiers have killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza since October last year. The devastating war was launched in the wake of a Hamas-led attack in southern Israel that killed more than 1,100 people. More than 200 people were taken captive.

By Khagan Isayev