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US new aggression targets Yemeni capital of Sana'a, estimated 25% Houthi capacity destroyed
2024-01-14
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i capital of Sana’a came under a new US aggression as sounds of explosions were heard in the northern side of the city.

Yemeni media outlets said Saturday that the US aggression struck al-Dailami Air Base near International Sana’a airport.

On Friday, The US-British aggression launched 73 strikes targeting Sana’a and the governorates of Saada, Hajjah, Hodeida and Taiz.

The aggression resulted in the martyrdom of five and the injury of six others.

In a statement, the official front man for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Yahya Sare’e affirmed that the US and UK bear full responsibility for their criminal aggression against the Yemeni people, stressing that this aggression will not go unanswered and without punishment.

He emphasized that the Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target threat sources and all hostile targets on land and at sea, in defense of Yemen, its illusory sovereignty, and independence.
Courtesy of badanov, Regnum adds:
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The naval base of the rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah near the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea came under air attack. Al Arabiya TV channel reported this on January 13, citing local sources.

According to Sky News Arabia, the strike hit a military facility in the Al-Katib area, from where the Houthis launched a missile towards the Red Sea.

On January 13, the United States and Great Britain launched a new attack on the northern capital of Yemen, the city of Sana'a. They hit the Ad-Dleimi air base. The same air base was attacked by US and allied forces the day before.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed information about a new missile strike by US troops against a Houthi target in Yemen - a radar installation. The department clarified that the strike was carried out from the American aircraft carrier Carney using Tomahawk ground attack missiles. It is explained that the purpose of the strike is to worsen the Houthis’ ability to attack sea vessels, including commercial ones.

US-led strikes said to have damaged 20-30% of Houthi offensive capabilities

[IsraelTimes] US-led strikes on the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s destroyed around a quarter of the Iran-backed terror group’s missile and drone-launching capabilities, according to a New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

report.

Citing two US officials, the newspaper says 20-30% of the Houthis offensive capabilities were destroyed or damaged in the attacks, but that many of their weapon platforms are mobile and can be moved around.

The officials also say it’s been difficult to locate Houthi targets afters years in which the US and allied intelligence agencies did not make it a priority to gather such information.

Related:
Dailami Air Base: 2012-04-22 Lawsuit filed against dismissed commander
Dailami Air Base: 2012-04-17 Air Forces Commander meets with Saleh
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Posted by:Fred

#8  hmmmm
Posted by: Frank G   2024-01-14 21:06  

#7  Would anyone really care if a low yield nuke was used there? Probably an overreaction on my part.
Posted by: EMSArtifact    2024-01-14 18:55  

#6  Macro F7
Posted by: Frank G   2024-01-14 17:29  

#5  ^Globalists are the enemy. Without their fake humanitarism we'd had Muslims afraid to breath without permission.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-01-14 14:53  

#4  Iran is the enemy. occupy Chah Bahar.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2024-01-14 14:24  

#3  Houthi capabilities dented but largely left intact after US-led strikes — report
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-01-14 09:36  

#2  MAY 14, 2014: Qat cultivation drains Yemen's precious groundwater
Mountainous Yemen is blessed with more water than its Arabian neighbors but the national passion for qat threatens to exhaust that precious resource. In the mountains around Sanaa, farmers are drilling so many unlicensed boreholes to irrigate the thirsty crop—craved by the capital's residents —that the water table is falling by as much as six metres (20 feet) a year. Engineers now have to drill 1,500 metres in some areas before reaching the aquifer.
Posted by: Huputle Cherelet4131   2024-01-14 07:21  

#1  US-led strikes said to have damaged 20-30% of Houthi offensive capabilities

20-30% of all the qat fields destroyed?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-01-14 03:36  

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