US-UK airstrikes on Yemen targeted 'insignificant sites': Source
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A Yemeni military source tells Al Mayadeen that the latest US-UK-led aggression on Yemen failed to detect anti-ship missile launch sites.
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A US Air Force fighter speeds through the run-way of a US Navy aircraft carrier, to take part in an aggression on Yemen, on January 22, 2023 (@CENTCOM/X)
The US-UK-led coalition failed to monitor and locate the launch sites of the Yemeni Armed Forces' (YAF) anti-ship missiles launch site, a Yemeni military official told Al Mayadeen.
Coalition satellites and American spyplanes failed to locate the launch sites of missiles that targeted a US-owned Ocean Jazz cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. It is worth noting that the ship transports US military equipment.
The source also revealed that every strike conducted in Yemen in the past few hours "targeted sites which previously targeted tens of times."
Explaining that the targeted locations are "insignificant", the military source said the sites house no weapons or military equipment, adding that there were no forces positioned there at the time of the aggression.
In detail, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Sanaa said four airstrikes targeted al-Dailami Air Base north of the Yemeni capital, four airstrikes targeted al-Hafa military camp, and two airstrikes targeted the Khashm al-Bakrah military camp.
Our correspondent confirmed that the locations attacked by the US-UK-led coalition had previously been subjected to repeated airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition during previous years of the war on Yemen.
He pointed out that between March 2015 and March 2020, al-Dailami Air Base had endured more than 200 airstrikes, which completely destroyed its facilities.
YAF promises response
Concurrently, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, revealed that US-UK fighter jets launched 18 airstrikes on Yemen, 12 of which struck the capital Sanaa, three struck al-Hodeidah Governate, two struck the Taiz Governate, and one struck al-Bayda Governate.
Although the YAF launched several operations targeting US and UK assets in the Red Sea, the Armed Forces reiterated in every statement that a response to the violations is yet to come. Saree ended the statement posted on X by emphasizing that the "violations will not pass without a response and punishment."
On his part, the Secretary of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Yasser al-Houri, told Al Mayadeen that the YAF are expanding the scope of targeted assets every day. He added that the YAF will determine the appropriate response to the "American and British partners at the appropriate time."
Another member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, told Al Mayadeen that officials in Sanaa were aware that their operations in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in support of Palestine would target a dual-faced enemy, represented by "Israel" or the United States.
CENTCOM announces joint operations
Earlier on Monday night, the US CENTCOM announced that its Armed Forces and the British Armed Forces, supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted strikes on YAF sites in Yemen.
CENTCOM claimed that the strikes targeted areas used by the YAF to launch attacks on merchant vessels and the US Navy in the region.
The statement stressed that the attack was not conducted under the troubled Operation Prosperity Guardian, which has failed to garner the necessary support for attacks against Yemen.
The YAF, on the other hand, have been launching attacks against Israeli-owned vessels and vessels headed to Israeli-occupied ports in occupied Palestine. Importantly, following continued US-led aggression on Yemen, the YAF expanded the scope of their operations to target US and UK-owned ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
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