Yemenis Protest Continued U.S. and U.K. Attacks Against Yemen
Yemenis protest attacks on their country by U.S., UK and their
allies,
January 12, 2024.
On January 19, U.S. Central Command tweeted that the Yemeni Houthis attacked a U.S.-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden on the night of January 18 with anti-ship missiles.
The U.S. responded by bombing Yemen for the sixth time in just eight days. U.S. officials speaking with the Associated Press said F-18s conducted the sixth round of strikes in Yemen. A Pentagon official explained that the U.S. government does not believe it is at war with Yemen. In response to the American strikes, the Yemeni people have rallied around the Houthis, and the group has stepped up strikes on American-linked shipping in the Red Sea.
Responding to the attacks Yahya Saria, a spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement, issued a statement confirming that they have fired anti-ship missiles at a U.S. ship, the Chem Ranger, in the Gulf of Aden. "The naval forces of Yemen have carried out an operation in the Gulf of Aden, during which a U.S. ship, the Chem Ranger, was attacked with several anti-ship missiles," Saria said in a live broadcast of the Houthi-owned Al Masirah television. The Houthis have previously made clear that their actions are in support of the Palestinian Resistance and aimed at Israel and its supporters.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian issued a
statement condemning the U.S. and UK for endangering the
regional peace
for the benefit of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This article was published in
Volume 54 Number 6 - January 22, 2024
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