Saudi Arabia called for restraint and "avoiding escalation" in light of the air strikes launched by the United States and Britain against sites linked to the Houthi movement in Yemen, the kingdom's Foreign Ministry said.
The statement also said Saudi Arabia was closely monitoring the situation with "great concern."
The United States and the United Kingdom, who delivered strikes on positions of Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement in the early hours of Friday, have achieved their goals and wrapped up their operation, Al Jazeera quoted a US official as saying.
US and UK forces targeted radars, missile launch sites and coastal observation posts, the official said.
He added that the strikes had reached their targets and the operation was over, but it may resume if necessary.
Russia requested the UN Security Council to convene on Friday, January 12, in connection with massed air strikes, delivered by the United States and the United Kingdom on the territory of Yemen, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN said on its Telegram channel.
"Russia has requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on January 12 in connection with US and UK strikes on Yemen," the mission said.
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The United States and Britain launched several airstrikes on Houthi military sites around the Yemeni capital Sanaa before dawn Friday, Houthi-controlled Saba news agency and residents said.
ReplyDelete"The American-Israeli-British aggression launches several raids on the capital Sanaa, and the governorates of Hodeidah, Saada, and Dhamar," the news agency reported.
The strikes "targeted Al-Dailami air base in Sanaa, areas in Zabid District of Hodeidah province, the vicinity of the airport of Hodeidah port city, Kahlan Camp in the east of northern Saada city, and the airport of Abs district in the northwestern government of Hajjah," said the report.
At least four powerful airstrikes hit the mountains around Sanaa, shaking the windows of the houses and cutting off lights in many areas, residents said, adding the Houthis have evacuated many camps adjoining the residents' neighborhoods at the center of Sanaa.
Loaded vehicles were seen departing the camps throughout the night after the United States and Britain announced an upcoming targeted airstrike against Houthi sites to deter Houthis from attacking shipping vessels.
The Houthi fighters were also seen deployed at checkpoints along the streets.
Residents in Hodeidah said they saw the Houthis evacuate their weapons and fighters from camps in and around the coastal city.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, U.S. media confirmed several airstrikes on Houthi sites across several cities in the north.
Hours earlier, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi warned in a televised speech that "any American aggression will not go without response."
Yemen's Houthi group on Thursday launched a new attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, using a ballistic missile, the U.S. Central Command wrote on social media platform X.
ReplyDelete"At approximately 2 a.m. local time (2300 GMT on Wednesday), the Iranian-backed Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen into international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden. One commercial vessel reported visually observing the missile impact the water," the post said.
So far, there were no injuries or damage reported, it said, adding that the attack is the 27th by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19, 2023.
The Houthi group has made no comment yet.