TEHRAN Britain pounds Yemen, marking the very first joint attack with the United States under the Trump administration.In reaction, the federal government in Sanaa cautioned that the British enemy should reckon with the effects of its entanglement, condemning the UKs involvement in the United States -led project against Yemen.This caution follows Britains announcement of a joint airstrike with the United States south of Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.According to a main statement from Sanaa, the attack becomes part of the ongoing efforts by the American and British enemies to support the Israeli enemy.The aim, it underlined, is to reduce Yemens assistance for Palestine and allow the Zionist regime to heighten its massacres in Gaza.The declaration stated that Sanaa would confront the wicked trio, the United States , Britain, and the Zionist routine, along with their allies, with all its might, swearing that such attacks would not shake Yemens commitment to its core causes, especially the Palestinians in Gaza.The British military said it had actually joined the United States Air Force in targeting what it declared was a military center used by the Yemenis to produce drones utilized in attacks on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.According to the UK Ministry of Defense, the nighttime strike was carried out by Royal Air Force Typhoon jets, striking a site about 25 kilometers south of Sanaa.This operation marks the first collaborated United States -British attack on Yemen because the administration of United States President Donald Trump began heightened airstrikes in mid-March.
The American-led project has actually resulted in various civilian casualties and was released in action to Yemens restored military assistance front in uniformity with Gaza after the Israeli regime unilaterally ended a ceasefire with Hamas and resumed its genocidal campaign in the blockaded enclave.The recent airstrikes also come versus the background of Yemeni missiles targeting the United States attack aircraft carrier Harry Truman.The provider was required to make a sharp evasive maneuver, causing an F-18 fighter jet to slip off the deck and sink into the Red Sea.Yemeni forces ended a blockade on Israeli and Israeli-affiliated vessels transiting the Red Sea.
They also stopped hypersonic ballistic missile attacks on crucial Israeli targets as quickly as a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza entered effect.Meanwhile, critics in the United States have raised issues about the high cost of the strikes on Yemen and questioned their efficiency in compromising the countrys military capabilities.
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