Yemeni Armed Forces staged a new strike targeting a US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden, as the United States renewed its aggression on the Arab country, and returned Ansarullah revolutionary group to a list of “terrorist groups”.
Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree declared late on Wednesday the strike on US Genco Picardy bulk carrier with a number of naval missiles.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea within the legitimate right to defend dear Yemen and to continue supporting the oppressed people of Palestine,” Brig. Gen. Saree said in a statement.
He stressed meanwhile, that the retaliation for the US-UK joint aggression on Yemen “is inevitably coming,” warning that any new attack won’t remain unpunished.
Shipping operator Genco confirmed the attack, and said its vessel was hit by a projectile while it was transiting through the Gulf of Aden with a cargo of phosphate rock.
Yemeni Armed forces have been staging attacks against Israeli ships or ships bound for the Zionist ports in support for the Palestinian people in Gaza who have been under brutal Israeli aggression since October 7th.
Almost at midnight on Wednesday, the US ships and submarines fired at fourteen Yemeni sites, the US Central Command said.
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It said they were an “imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships” as they were on launch rails and ready to be fired.
Wednesday’s strike is the fourth wave of aggression by the US against Yemen.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it was re-designating Ansarullah as a “terrorist organization”, partially restoring sanctions it lifted three years ago on the Yemeni revolutionary group.
The US State Department announced that it was re-designating Ansarullah – which it referred to as Houthis – as a “specially designated global terrorist.”
The State Department claimed the step aimed at “blocking the group’s access to the global financial system.”
US media, meanwhile, reported that Washington’s move falls short of the more far-reaching option at the Biden administration’s disposal — re-labeling the group as a “foreign terrorist organization.”
Source: Agencies
