US warplanes launch 6 airstrikes in northern Yemen: Houthis

By Iyad Nabolsi and Rania Abu Shamala

ISTANBUL (AA) - US warplanes launched six airstrikes Wednesday targeting Yemen’s Saada governorate, said the Houthi group.

“Six American enemy airstrikes targeted the Sahlin area in Al-Salem district,” the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV channel said on X.

No information was immediately available regarding casualties or the extent of material damage.

The US has not released a statement so far on the strikes.

The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where more than 51,300 people have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault since October 2023.​​​​​​​

The group halted attacks when a ceasefire in Gaza was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas but resumed them after Israel renewed airstrikes on the enclave last month.