US-UK aggression targets Yemen's Hodeidah, other regions, again

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
7 Mar 2024 18:03
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American and British aggression against Yemen once again concentrated on the area of Ras Issa in the al-Salif directorate, Hodeidah Airport, and the Al-Jabana area northwest of Hodeidah.

Smoke rises after an airstrike hit an army base in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (AP)

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Yemen reported a new joint US and UK aerial aggression aimed at the coastal province of Hodeidah on the Red Sea, west of Yemen.

The aggression targeted the area of Ras Issa in the al-Salif directorate, northwest of Hodeidah, with four airstrikes. Additionally, two airstrikes targeted the Hodeidah Airport and the al-Jabana area northwest of Hodeidah.

The US-UK coalition continues its aggression on Yemen, proving, once again, that the two countries are complicit in "Israel's" genocide on the Gaza Strip, citing the protection of navigation in the Red Sea as a pretext for their assaults.

Despite the ongoing aggression on Yemen and the establishment of the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian, the US, UK, and all others engaged in militarizing the Red Sea have not succeeded in deterring Yemeni operations against Israeli ships or any other ship heading to "Israel" through the Red Sea. The coalition even failed to protect its own ships in the Red and Arabian seas after they became legitimate targets for the Yemeni Armed Forces following the aggression on the country.

In this context, the US newspaper The Atlantic acknowledged two days ago that deterring Yemeni operations has become almost impossible, reaffirming that the US-UK aggression has not deterred the Yemeni armed forces from their operations.

Sayyed al-Houthi: US dropping negligible aid, tons of bombs on Gaza

The US provides tons of weapons to kill Palestinians in Gaza, while it attempts to deceive the public by sending negligible amounts of aid to the Strip via airdrops, the leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said during his weekly address on Thursday.

Sayyed al-Houthi emphasized that the US is impeding "the delivery of aid through land and sea routes and airports to the Gaza Strip."

"The US bears shame and disgrace, playing a primary role in the [Israeli] crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza. [The situation] is disgraceful for the international community [which] turns a blind eye to these crimes," the leader of the movement emphasized on Thursday.

Sayyed al-Houthi pointed to the ongoing fierce confrontations launched by the Palestinian Resistance against Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, saying that "the enemy faces a morale breakdown" experienced by its troops in Gaza, as the command fails to "achieve its goals, including retrieving captives and eliminating the Resistance."

The leader of the Yemeni Resistance said that the US and "Israel" attempt to "exploit a temporary ceasefire during Ramadan to bypass a complete cessation of [the] aggression [on the Gaza Strip]."

He stressed that there is "no genuine or peaceful" policy that Americans or Israelis employ in their relations with any Arab country, adding that the US-Israeli-Western agendas aim to "control nations" via normalization processes.

On that point, Sayyed al-Houthi said that the Islamic position from the Israeli and US aggressions "remains weak" as decision-makers limit their actions to statements without pursuing any practical steps, even when it comes to their view of the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) in support of the Gaza Strip.