MOSCOW: Russia has said it has requested an immediate meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday (today) to discuss military strikes on Yemen by the United States (US) and Britain.
Russia’s permanent mission to the UN said that Moscow has requested an urgent session of the UN Security Council on Friday in connection with the US and UK strikes on Yemen.
The US and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi in Yemen in reply to the movement’s assaults on vessels in the Red Sea, a dramatic regional widening of the Hamas- Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson for Houthis said there was no justification for the US-UK strike and said the group will continue targeting vessels heading towards Israel.
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Earlier, US media reported that the US and Britain launched strikes against Yemen’s Houthis group over the group’s assaults on shipping in the Red Sea.
The strikes involved fighter jets as well as Tomahawk missiles, some section of the US media reported.
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International media reported that the US and British militaries were bombing over a dozen sites used by the Houthis group in Yemen, in a massive strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles as well as fighter jets. Journalists in Sanaa, heard four blasts early Friday local time but saw no sign of military plane. Earlier, on Tuesday, the Houthi group also fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles attacking shipping in the Red Sea, with British and US ships.
