The Houthi rebels of Yemen supported by Iran have claimed the responsibility of a second attack on a group of American launders todaycalling it a retaliation for the United States raids. A spokesman for the Shiite group said that “for the second time in 24 hours” Houthi fighters launched missiles and drones against Uss Harry S. Truman And several other American war ships in the north of the Red Sea.
The Yemenites rebels supported by Iran specify that they have targeted the aircraft carrier “with numerous ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as with drones, in a clash that lasted several hours”. The US did not confirmed these attacks.
According to the media Houthi, Washington has meanwhile led other raids on the Yemen tonight Taking a factory in the western region of Hodeida and the piloting cabin of the ‘Galaxy Leader’, a ship captured more than a year ago by the rebels. The central command for the Middle East (Centcom) of the US army declared on his part that “the operations against terrorists Houthi continue,” without providing further details.
Yesterday the first strike of the Trump administration against the Houthi scoredbut risks reopening another front in the Middle East after months of relative calm. At the massive American raid on Saturday in Yemen, who according to the White House eliminated many leading figures of the Filo-Iranian movement, the Sciite militias immediately replied by launching a rain of missiles on the Truman aircraft carrier, stationed in the Red Sea to protect the merchanters. In the background of this crisis there is Iran: Washington has returned to threaten harsh consequences for the regime if they do not be aside, while the Pasdaran have said they are ready to “respond to any attack”. The American bombings from the sky and the sea, against radar stations, defenses areas, missile systems and Houthi drones, were personally followed by President Trump. Immorted in white t-shirt, with the red ‘make America Great Again’ and the headphones to the ears while looking towards a screen from the operations room. The next day, the national security councilor Michael Waltz reported that the raids “actually targeted numerous leaders Houthi and eliminated them”.
Then, the chief of the Pentagon Pete Hegseth warned that there would have been other operations if the Houthi had continued “to shoot in our ships”. The Yemeni militias reacted with fire to this threat. One of their spokespersons claimed “a military operation” against the US launder Harry S. Truman conducted by launching “18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone”. It was – he said – the “response to the American attack” that would have caused a total of 53 deaths and a hundred wounded, “most women and children”, even in the capital of the Sanaa. Shiite Abdulmalik Al-Huthi in a television speech has promised that he will also put the western cargo in the sights.
And Trump’s councilor went further: “All the options are on the table” to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Message also delivered to Moscow, Tehran’s ally and suspected of having provided intelligence with the Houthi to hit the western ships: the crisis in the Red Sea was among the themes of the last phone call between Marco Rubio and Serghiei Lavrov. The Islamic Republic, commenting on the US raids on Yemen, spoke of “a military aggression that constitutes a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of UN and international law”. While the head of the Pasdaran has assured that Iran “will respond to any military attack against the country”. Apparently cautious reactions, in the Iranian tradition to avoid until a direct clash with enemies is possible. At the same time the Ayatollah have already shown, when they are put to the grip, of surprise shots. The two attacks launched into Israeli in recent months (albeit for demonstration and serious damage) prove it. At the renewed crisis in the Red Sea look at the Israelis with concern, who have put the armed forces back in a state of maximum alert. Houthi, welcoming the truce in the strip, had interrupted their attacks against the Jewish state. But now everything can jump.