2024-01-13 04:52:16
Washington is at it again. The media of the Yemeni Houthi rebels reported on Saturday new strikes on Yemen the day after American and British bombings against sites of this movement accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
According to their al-Masirah channel, American strikes targeted at least one site in the capital Sanaa early Saturday. In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tension has risen in the Red Sea in recent weeks with Houthi attacks targeting maritime traffic in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
Early Friday, American and British strikes targeted military sites held by the Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, reviving fears of a regional spillover of the war in Gaza triggered by the attack without precedent carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7.
The UN wants to avoid an “escalation”
US President Joe Biden had threatened the Houthis with further strikes on rebel positions if the latter did not stop their firing in the Red Sea.
However, after the British and American strikes on Friday, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” which, however, did not hit any ships, the American army indicated before the strikes on Saturday morning.
At the UN, Secretary General Antonio Guterres for his part called on “all parties concerned to avoid an escalation (…) in the interest of peace and stability in the Red Sea and in the entire region” , according to its spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
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