US carries out 6 airstrikes against Houthis in northern Yemen
ISTANBUL
US warplanes launched six airstrikes Wednesday targeting Yemen's Saada governorate, said the Houthi group.
'Six American enemy airstrikes targeted the Sahlin area in Al-Salem district,' the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV channel said on X.
No information was immediately available regarding casualties or the extent of material damage.
The US has not released a statement so far on the strikes.
The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where more than 51,300 people have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault since October 2023.
The group halted attacks when a ceasefire in Gaza was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas but resumed them after Israel renewed airstrikes on the enclave last month.
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