US strikes hit targets in Yemen capital, Houthi-run TV reports
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Fire and smoke billowing from the site of an air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 19.
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CAIRO – The US struck targets in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on March 19, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported, the latest in a wave of strikes carried out in retaliation for attacks by the Iran-aligned group on shipping in the Red Sea.
Three residents told Reuters that the strikes had hit the Al-Jarraf district of Sanaa, close to the city’s airport.
The strikes also hit an under-construction occasion hall in a residential neighbourhood in Al-Thawra directorate in Sanaa, injuring nine people, mostly women and children, Mr Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry said, in a post on X.
Al Masirah TV said the strikes also targeted the Al-Suwaidia directorate in Yemen’s al-Bayda province, in southern Yemen. The province is known to have military sites and weapons warehouses owned by the Houthis.
The US began the current wave of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on March 15, killing at least 31 people
Mr Trump also threatened to hold Iran accountable
Unfazed by the US strikes and threats, the Houthis have said they will escalate their attacks, including on Israel, in response to the US campaign.
On March 18, the Houthis said they had fired a ballistic missile towards Israel and would expand their range of targets in that country in coming days in retaliation for renewed Israeli airstrikes in Gaza after weeks of relative calm.
The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on shipping
The attacks have disrupted global commerce and prompted the US military to launch a costly campaign to intercept missiles.
The Houthis are part of what has been called the Axis Of Resistance – an anti-Israel and anti-Western alliance of regional militias including Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and armed groups in Iraq, all backed by Iran. REUTERS
