Huti attacked the American aircraft carrier on Sunday. According to the US authorities, the attack was repelled. “The American army began a definite and powerful military operation against Huti Rebels supported by Iran,” Donald Trump said on Saturday. Strings to terrorist bases and their air defense are to protect American ships and freedom of navigation. According to Huti, at least 53 people were killed in the US attacks, including civilians.
On Sunday, the Yemeni rebels announced that they attacked the American USS Harry S. Truman and accompanying ships stationed in the Red Sea. The group spokesman said that 18 rockets and one drone were fired towards the American fleet. The raid was to be a response to the attack of American aviation on Saturday evening on Yemen.
Clerk Pentagonquoted by the Reuters agency, he announced that American f-16 and F-18 fighters shot down 11 drones fired by Huti, and the devices did not approach the airport USS Harry S. Truman. The source of the Reuters added that the army also tracked the rocket launched by the Huti, which did not reach the intended destination and fell to the Red Sea. The American army did not take any action, considering that the bullet does not pose a threat.
USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrierDVIDSHUB – Taylor M Dimartin
“Powerful Operation” USA
Donald Trump He announced on Saturday evening that The American army began with a “strong and powerful military operation” against Huti Rebels supported by Iran. The US President said that strikes on terrorist bases and their air defense are to protect American ships and navigation freedom. According to Huti, at least 53 people were killed in attacks, including civilians, and nearly 100 were injured.
US attack on the capital of Yemenu, SanaPAP/EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
On Sunday, the head of Pentagon Pete HegeSth referred to the rebel positions. – To Huti: This is not a one -time matter. It will last until you say you finished shooting at ships – he said in an interview with Fox Business television.
– We don't want a long, limited war in the Middle East. We don't care what will happen in the Civil War in Yemen. It is about stopping shooting at this key water route to restore the freedom of navigation, which is the basic national interest of the United States – wrote the head of the Pentagon. He also stated that the campaign started “is a signal for Iran to withdraw support for the Yemenian rebels.”
US attack on Huti positionsReuters
The Reuters agency announced that the goal of American strikes on Saturday evening was, among others Huti military facilities in the city of Taiz in the southwestern Yemen. US aviation also attacked the objects of the Yemenian rebels in the provinces of Saada, Damar and El-Beida. According to local media reports, in the capital of Yemen controlled by the rebels, the Sanish headquarters of the Supreme Political Council of Huti, weapons and command centers were fired.
Huti leader: If the US attacks, we will strengthen the escalation
Yemeni leader Huti rebelsAbdulmalik Al-Huti announced on Sunday that this movement would continue the attacks on American ships in the Red Sea until the US stops on Yemen.
“If (USA – ed.) Continue their aggression, we will strengthen the escalation,” AL -Huti warned. He added that “until the end of the attacks, the Americans would be banned from navigation, which previously only concerned the 'Israeli enemy'.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Russia Sergei Lavrov He called the US on Sunday to stop the raids immediately. In turn, the head of diplomacy of Iran Abbas Aragczi to Trump's demands, that this Middle East country would stop supporting Huti, he replied on Sunday that “the US has no right to impose foreign policy to Iran.” In the statement of the Diplomat Office “the brutal US raids were strictly condemned”, indicating that they were unlawful in international law.
Huti rebels attacks
From autumn 2023, Huti conducted over a hundred attacks on trading ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Adeno, claiming that they are an expression of solidarity with Hamas in his fight against Israel. Huti is one of the parties that has been going on since 2014 in Yemen and control the large part of this country, including the Red Sea coast.
The USA, Israel and their allies conducted retaliation at Huti. Reaction of the previous one President of the United States Joe Biden However, she was – as Trump wrote – “miserably weak, which is why Huti continued their attacks.”
After the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Zone, Huti also attacked Israel with rockets and drones. The raids ceased after the conclusion in January is a fragile suspension of weapons between Israel and Hamas. Last week, Huti announced that they would resume attacks on trade ships, because Israel did not unblock humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip.
Huti rebelsYahya Arhab/PAP/EPA
Movement sponsored by Iran
The Huti movement was created in the early 1990s and is associated with the smallest group within Islamic Shiite – Zajdytów. Movement is sponsored by Iran. During the civil war, the Huti fought against the government recognized by the West and supported by Sunnic states. In the war and the reason accompanying her humanitarian crisis, according to estimates UN – nearly 400,000 people. Fighting largely ceased in 2023. The USA consider Huti as a terrorist organization.
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