US, UK hits port city of Hodeidah in Yemen

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 21sth Jan. 
US and the UK on Saturday have launched airstrikes on Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah late Friday night, reported by news media.

The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV did not disclose the specific targets or other details, media reported.

US Central Command announced that US Navy ships in the Red Sea conducted strikes against three Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed at the southern Red Sea, on Saturday.

US and the Great Britain maritime coalition in the Red Sea has carried out several airstrikes on Houthi camps in various north provinces of Yemen, media stated.

The coalition said these actions are to prevent the Houthi group from launching missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea shipping lane.

Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam was quoted by Houthi-run television stated that the group’s attacks on Israeli, US and British ships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea will continue until Israel ends its war and declare ceasefire on the Gaza Strip.