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US launches large-scale aggression on Yemen
Iran condemns strikes as ‘gross violation’ of UN Charter
The unfolding strikes – which one US official told Reuters might continue for weeks – represent the biggest US military operation in West Asia since Trump took office in January.
“To all Houthis, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
At least 31 were killed and 101 others injured in the US strikes, mostly women and children, Anees al-Asbahi, spokesperson for Yemen’s Health Ministry said in an updated toll on Sunday.
Yemen’s Ansarullah movement’s political bureau described the attacks as a “war crime.”
“Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation,” it said in a statement.
Strikes targeted the capital Sana’a, southwestern city of Taiz, and the town of Dahyan in Saada.
A Pentagon spokesperson said the Ansarullah has attacked US warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023. Ansarullah movement says the attacks are in solidarity with Palestinians over Israel’s war in Gaza with Hamas resistance group.
In a statement, Ansarullah blamed the US and the UK for “wicked” aggression targeting residential areas in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.
The UK did not participate in Saturday’s US strikes but it did provide routine refueling support for the US.
Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei “strongly condemned the brutal air strikes by the US” in a statement, denouncing them a “gross violation of the principles of the UN Charter.”