At least five people died and six have been injured after the US and UK launched airstrikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, said a spokesman for the group, APA reports citing ITV news.
It comes after a series of attacks by the Iran-backed force against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, causing issues to global trade. In a huge retaliatory strike, British and American militaries bombed more than a dozen targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles on Thursday night, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden confirmed.
“The American and British enemy bears full responsibility for its criminal aggression against our Yemeni people, and it will not go unanswered and unpunished,” Houthi spokesman Brig. General Yahya Sarees said in a video address.
He described 73 strikes hitting five regions of Yemen under Houthi control, but he did not elaborate on what the strikes targeted.
It marks the first time strikes have been launched against the Shia militant group - which is allied to Tehran, as are Hamas and Hezbollah - since it started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late last year.
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