WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that he has ordered the U.S. Military to launch “decisive and powerful military action” against the Houthi militia in Yemen. Accusing the group of waging an “unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, …
Read More »U.S. warplane shot down by “friendly fire” over Red Sea
ADEN, Yemen | Xinhua | Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, said the U.S. military. “The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, …
Read More »Ballistic missile from Yemen intercepted before entering Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua | Israel’s military said Sunday that it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli airspace. The missile triggered sirens in several cities and communities across central Israel, the military said in a statement. Fragments from the missile or the interceptor fell in …
Read More »US-British coalition makes air raids on Houthi sites in Yemen
SANAA | Xinhua | Warplanes of the U.S.-British coalition launched 15 airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the northern city of Saada early Thursday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The strikes targeted three sites in Sanaa, in the areas of Al-Jiraf, Hafa and Jarban, as well as two other sites …
Read More »Supporters of Yemen’s Houthis rally after US-Britain airstrikes
SANAA, YEMEN | Xinhua | Thousands of supporters of the Yemeni Houthi rebel group held a rally in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday to protest the U.S.-Britain joint retaliatory airstrikes on the group’s camps. The protesters demanded a response to Friday’s pre-dawn airstrikes that heavily bombed over 60 training sites …
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