[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Gun-wielding protesters today screamed 'America is the Devil' and trampled on flaming Israeli flags as tens of thousands of furious demonstrators packed the streets of Yemen and Iran after the UK and US launched airstrikes on Houthi targets.British and American fighter jets and warships launched more than 100 precision missiles at over 60 targets in Houthi-held territory in Yemen early this morning in response to the rebels attacking merchant ships in the Red Sea for months.
But the Houthi rebels have now vowed to retaliate over the bombardment, with rebel leaders saying the UK and US must 'prepare to pay a heavy price' for their 'blatant' aggression amid fears the attacks could trigger a wider war in the Middle East.
Indeed, anger has spread across the region with hundreds of thousands of furious protesters descending onto streets in Yemen and Tehran chanting slogans calling the US 'the Devil' and burning Israeli and American flags.
Screaming Yemenis raised their guns in the air as Houthi leader Mohammen Ali al-Houthi told the crowd in the city of Sanna that the strikes were 'terrorism' and 'the United States is the Devil'.
'We did not attack the shores of America, nor did we move in the American islands, nor did we attack them. Your strikes on our country are terrorism,' said Al-Houthi as he raised his gun in the air.
'They are terrorists and they are amazing at lying to the people of the world, but the awareness of the Yemeni people is a different awareness. Do you, Yemeni, think that America is defending itself or is it a terrorist?'
It comes as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan furiously condemned the strikes in a statement this morning, accusing the UK and US of turning the Red Sea into a 'sea of blood'.
But Downing Street rebuffed the criticism with a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak bit back: 'We wouldn't agree with that. This was limited and targeted strikes in response to aggression.