UPDATE - Houthi group says US, UK carried out new attack on Hodeida, Sanaa in Yemen

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By Aziz Al-Ahmadi

SANAA (AA) - The Houthi group in Yemen said the US and UK carried out a new attack on the capital, Sanaa, and the western coastal province of Hodeida.

The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah television wrote on X that the US and the UK targeted the cities of Dhamar, Hajjah and Al-Bayda, as well as Sanaa.

The US and the UK carried out 11 airstrikes on the Hayfan and Al-Barah regions in the city of Taizz, according to the Ansarullah news site affiliated with the Houthis.

The attacks in Sanaa mainly targeted the An-Nahdayn and Attan regions.

Earlier, Al-Masirah television reported that the strikes targeted the districts of Al-Luhayyah and Al-Durayhimi, without providing details.

Hodeida, located on the coast of the Red Sea, is one of the provinces under the control of the Houthi group.

The US Central Command, or CENTCOM, announced Saturday that it targeted six Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles intended for launch from Yemen toward the Red Sea.

The Houthis have been targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea owned or operated by Israeli companies or transporting goods to and from Israel in solidarity with Gaza, which has been under an Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7.​​​​​​​

With tensions escalating due to the US and UK joint airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, the group declared it considered all American and British ships legitimate military targets.

A coalition led by the US has conducted intermittent airstrikes since Jan. 12 that have targeted "Houthi locations" in parts of Yemen in response to the attacks in the Red Sea.

The US response has been occasionally met with counter responses from the group.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala and Gozde Bayar