The US and the UK carried out a series of air strikes on Yemen late on Wednesday, in a new aggression on the Arab impoverished country over its stance in support of the oppressed people of Gaza.
Yemen’s Al-Masirah television network said the US-UK aggression targeted the Al-Hafa and Jirban areas in the north and south of the capital, Sanaa, with six airstrikes.
American and British forces launched six airstrikes in Yemen, hitting targets in northern and southern Sana’a pic.twitter.com/EK6OIGXpf6
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The television network also said the warplanes struck the northwestern Yemeni city of Sa’ada as well as the Kahlan and Al-Abla areas east of the city.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US military has used “B-2 stealth bombers, claiming that the strikes allegedly targeted five underground weapons storage facilities.
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The strikes marked the first time the US has used the stealth bomber to attack Yemen since the beginning of the US aggression.
Austin said he authorized the strikes at the direction of President Joe Biden in order to “further degrade the Houthis’ abilities” after more than a year of pro-Gaza operations against Israeli targets in the occupied territories and Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea.
Source: Agencies
