Houthis Vow Retaliation for Weekend Strikes by US, UK

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The US and UK launched strikes on 36 Houthi targets at 13 sites in Yemen early Sunday morning, prompting the Iran-backed group to vow increased efforts to disrupt regional trade.

The Details: The strikes were in response to a lethal drone attack on a US base in Jordan last week. They targeted command and control centers, an underground weapon storage facility, and other sites used by the Houthis to target international shipping vessels. Responding to these actions, a Houthi spokesman declared that the "American-British aggression against Yemen will not go unanswered," threatening escalated attacks “no matter the sacrifices it costs us.”

For Context: Attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who say they are retaliating for Israel’s actions in the Israel-Hamas war, have disrupted key international shipping lanes in the Red Sea in recent months. The Biden administration is scheduled to formally designate the Houthis a “specially designated global terrorist” group in mid-February.

How the Media Covered It: Media coverage was fairly similar across bias ratings, with most articles discussing quotes from both U.S. and Houthi leaders. This summary was developed with the help of AllSides' AI technology.

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After the United States and United Kingdom's new wave of strikes in Yemen, the Houthis vowed a response. The US-UK airstrikes "will not deter us", said Houthis after the strikes hit dozens of Iran-backed rebels' targets over the Red Sea attacks.

The Yemen airstrike comes after the US retaliatory strikes targeting Iran-backed stations in Iraq in Syria. The retaliatory strikes on Friday was a response to the drone attack in Jordan by militias in Iran, that killed 3 US soldiers.

The US carried out further strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen early on Sunday, the US military said.

Centcom said the US struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that "were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea".

The additional strikes came a day after joint US-UK strikes on Houthi targets.

The US has also warned that it intends to take further action against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria.

Houthi rebels vowed "escalation" in reaction to U.S. and U.K. strikes launched in Yemen on Sunday.

A spokesman for the Iran-backed group vowed to continue its campaign of disrupting regional trade "no matter the sacrifices it costs us." The U.S. and U.K. launched a series of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen this weekend in reaction to a lethal drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan last week.