According to journalists, US President Joe Biden said that he ordered the attack in response to the Houthis’ attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
The US military launched an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen on the night from Friday to Saturday local time. A radar was destroyed near the port city of Hodeidah. CNN website reported this on January 13.
Reporters said US President Joe Biden ordered the strike in “direct response” to rebel attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea, which the rebels previously said were aimed at forcing Israel to halt its heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council on Friday that the strikes were aimed at “restoring stability in the Red Sea” despite repeated warnings from the Houthis of retaliation.
Houthi rebel spokesman Nasruldin Amer said the latest US actions did not cause any injuries or “material damage” but that there would be a “firm, decisive and effective response” to the second US airstrikes, albeit much smaller.
Who are the Houthis?
The Houthi movement, also known as Ansarallah (Supporters of God), emerged in the 1990s when its leader, Hussein al-Houthi, founded a religious revival movement belonging to the centuries-old branch of Shiite Islam called Zaydism.
Zaidis ruled Yemen for centuries but were marginalized under the Sunni regime that came to power after the civil war in 1962. The Al-Houthi movement was founded to represent Zaydis and oppose radical Sunnism. His closest followers became known as the Houthis.
The Houthis currently still control most of Yemen and form part of Iran’s so-called “Axis of Resistance”; it is an anti-Israeli and anti-Western alliance of regional militias backed by the Islamic Republic.
It was previously reported that the Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea again on January 1. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Iranian officials should help stop Houthi attacks in Yemen because the Houthis have a long history of supporting them.
Source: Focus
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