Washington: The US Treasury department has announced fresh sanctions aimed at damaging financial help for Houthi in Yemen, western media reported on Saturday.
The development comes a day following joint US-U.K. attacks Thursday hit over a dozen targets in Yemen, killing around five people, Houthi said. Leaders of the Houthi group released a statement Friday vowing to respond to the massive US and UK attacks.
Meanwhile, the US military launched new strikes targeting Houthi group in Yemen, US officials and the group official media confirmed on Saturday.
Reuters quoited two US officials as saying that additional action against the group had taken place a day following US and British attacks hit several targets in Yemen.
The Houthi’s media also reported that several attacks have hit Sanaa. The official media of the group stated that “The American-British enemy” is attacking Sana with a number of assaults. However, western media also reported that the two US officials did not provide more details about the new attacks.
Yemen: US Launches New Attacks Against Houthis
Russia’s envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya has termed the joint US-UK attacks on Yemen blatant armed aggression. The envoy added that these countries all carried out a mass assault on Yemen Vasily Nebenzya maintained that aircraft, warships and submarines were used during strikes on Yemen.
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American’s envoy to the UN has also warned that no states’ vessels were immune to the threat posed by the group to shipping in the Red Sea. The envoy said that whether the ship flies US flag, or the flag of another states… all of their ships are helpless in the red sea.
Britain’s Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward claimed that the UK took limited and proportionate action in self-defense.
UN chief Antonio Guterres also called on all parties “not to escalate” the situation in the Red Sea, his spokesperson stated following Washington and London launched assaults on Yemen’s Houthi group.
