U.S./UK Attacks on Yemen Continue
Funeral February 10,
2024, for Ansarallah fighters, killed in U.S. attacks.
The U.S. and UK continue to carry out attacks on Yemen, most recently on February 9. Yemen's Ansarallah resistance group (the Houthis) informed that 17 of its fighters were killed in these latest attacks. Despite ongoing attacks from the U.S. and UK since mid-January, supported by other countries such as Canada, Ansarallah continues to wage armed struggle against shipping related to Israel and U.S. and British warships in the region, in support of the Palestinian people's resistance and to put pressure on Israel and its accomplices to end the genocide in Gaza. Those martyred in the February attacks by the U.S. and UK were honoured in a solemn funeral procession in Sana'a on February 10. One of the mourners affirmed to AFP that the Yemenis remain firm in their conviction to support the Palestinians, saying, "We convey our message through these martyrs that it is absolutely impossible for us to abandon our position, which is based on principles and faith, and which forced us to take action."
A previous round of U.S./UK attacks took place on February 3. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said there were 48 attacks on multiple governorates, including 13 on Sana'a and surrounding areas, 11 on Taiz, nine on Hodeidah, seven on al-Bayda, seven on Hajjah and one on Sa'dah.
On January 31, the Houthis announced that they had fired missiles at the U.S. warship USS Gravely, in support of the Palestinians and in response to U.S./UK aggression. Commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, described the difficulty for the U.S. military in stopping missiles fired by the Ansarallah armed forces targeting Israeli or U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. "There is about 75 seconds between when that missile launches and when it's going to hit something," Cooper said in an interview with CBS. The captain of the destroyer has "about nine to 15 seconds to make a decision whether to shoot it down," he said.
This article was published in
Volume 54 Number 10 - February 13, 2024
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