On the night of January 12, the US and British military carried out strikes on targets in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels. Their actions were supported by Bahrain, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada, US President Joe Biden said, CNN reports.
He noted that Washington “will not tolerate attacks on personnel or allow hostile actors to jeopardize freedom of navigation along one of the world’s most critical commercial routes.” At the same time, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the incident self-defense, adding that “Houthi militants attacked British ships.”
Later, the US command named air defense systems and warehouses as targets for attacks on Yemen – 60 targets were attacked.
The head of Central Command, General Michael Kurilla, noted that the United States considers “Houthi militants and their Iranian sponsors responsible for an unlawful attack on international shipping that affected 55 countries and endangered the lives of hundreds of sailors, including from the United States.”
In turn, Houthi representatives said that the strikes hit several targets in Yemen, including the Al-Daylami airbase north of the capital Sanaa, an area near Hodeidah International Airport in western Yemen, a Houthi base in Saada province in the north of the country, an airport Taiz in the southwest, the airport in the city of Abs in the northwest, RBC clarifies.
Meanwhile, in connection with the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen, Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council for January 12, TASS notes. Moscow proposed starting the event at 10:00 local time or 18:00 Moscow time.
Source: Rosbalt
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