We condemn military attacks by US, NATO allies in Yemen: Cuban FM
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Cuba's Foreign Minister condemns US and NATO ally attacks on Yemen, considering it an act that encourages genocide in Gaza.
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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Havana on July 21, 2021. (AFP)
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the attacks launched by the United States and NATO in Yemen and their violation of international law.
Rodriguez considered that such actions encourage genocide in Gaza, reiterating the call for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territories.
We condemn military attacks by the US & NATO allies in Yemen in violation of International Law.
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) January 13, 2024
Such acts encourage genocide in Gaza.
We reiterate our call for an immediate cease-fire in the Palestinian enclave.
Furthermore, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed steadfast support for South Africa's lawsuit filed before the International Court of Justice against 'Israel,' highlighting the crimes and acts of genocide committed against the Palestinian people. He emphatically declared, 'We will never stand among the indifferent.'
#Cuba expresa su firme respaldo a la demanda de Sudáfrica en la Corte Internacional de Justicia contra Israel por los crímenes y actos genocidas cometidos contra el pueblo palestino.
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) January 11, 2024
¡Jamás estaremos entre los indiferentes!#FreePalestinehttps://t.co/RI77gwmeH0
US carries out strike on Yemen
On Saturday, the US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed that US forces carried out a strike that targeted an alleged radar site used by the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement in Yemen.
"This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on Jan. 12 designed to degrade the Houthi’s ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels," Centcom said in a statement on X.
At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen. This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes… pic.twitter.com/YE5BKJLGBv
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 13, 2024
Earlier on Friday, the US and the UK carried out airstrikes against more than 60 targets in 16 different locations in Yemen, the US Air Forces Central confirmed. In response, the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement threatened that the United States and the United Kingdom would pay a "high price" for the aggression.
The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, underlined that the aggression won't go unpunished. According to Saree, the US-British airstrikes resulted in the martyrdom of five individuals and the injury of six others from the ranks of the Yemeni Armed Forces.
