Yemen's Houthi group reports additional US raids on Sanaa

By Ahm ed Asmar

The Houthi group reported additional American raids late Friday on Sanaa province amid an escalation of attacks targeting areas the group controls in Yemen.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said several airstrikes hit the Al-Hafa area in the Al-Sabeen district of the capital, Sanaa.

It said at least four more airstrikes targeted the Bani Hashish district, without reporting casualties or property damage.

The station added that US warplanes carried out four nighttime raids in the Al-Jawf province and three in Saada province – both are in northern Yemen.

The new raids come after deadly US airstrikes Thursday on the Ras Isa port, which resulted in at least 80 deaths and 150 injuries, according to Houthi-affiliated media sources.

The US government confirmed it destroyed a fuel platform at the port.

Anadolu has reported hundreds of US airstrikes in Yemen since March 15, resulting in at least 205 civilian deaths and 406 injuries, many of whom were women and children.

US President Donald Trump said last month that he had ordered "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthi group and later threatened to "completely annihilate them."

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 51,000 victims have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault for more than 18 months.

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.