Yemen’s Houthis report joint airstrike by US, UK on Al Hudaydah province

By Shukri Hussein

SANAA, Yemen (AA) - The Houthi group said that US and British forces carried out a joint airstrike in Yemen's western Al Hudaydah province on Thursday.

The joint airstrike targeted the As-Salif area west of the city of Al Hudaydah, Houthi-run Al-Masirah television reported, without providing further details about casualties or damage, according to the Houthi-run media.

The US and UK have not yet issued any statement regarding the airstrike reported airstrike.

Al Hudaydah is a major Yemeni province with three important ports and a long coastline.

Since the beginning of 2024, US-led coalition forces have been conducting airstrikes in Yemen that they say target Houthi locations in response to the group's attacks in the Red Sea. The group occasionally retaliates in response to these attacks.

In solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which is facing devastating Israeli offensives, the Houthis have been targeting Israeli cargo ships in the Red Sea or ones associated with Tel Aviv with missiles and drones.

With Washington and London providing military and financial support to Israel even though its forces killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians, escalating tensions in the Middle East, the Houthis announced that all American and British ships are now military targets.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio