- US-Iran communication on Houthi
- Airstrikes by US and UK
- Yemen conflict and global impact
President Biden asserts that the United States has conveyed a “private message” to Iran regarding the Houthis in Yemen subsequent to launching a second strike against the organization.
“We are confident that we are well-prepared and delivered it in private,” he said without providing further information.
The United States described its most recent attack as a “follow-on action” towards radar.
Iran refutes any responsibility for Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
However, it is believed that Tehran is providing munitions to the Houthis, and the United States asserts that Iranian intelligence is indispensable for them to target ships.
In the early hours of Friday, airstrikes jointly conducted by the United Kingdom and the United States targeted close to thirty Houthi strongholds. The operation was backed by Western allies, including Australia and Canada.
The US Central Command announced the following day that it had executed its most recent assault. They utilized Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles on a Houthi radar site in Yemen.
A Houthi spokesman informed Reuters that the group’s capacity to disrupt shipping was not significantly impacted by the strikes.
The Houthis are a militia composed of Zaidis, a subsect of the Shia Muslim minority in Yemen. A significant proportion of Yemenis reside in regions governed by the Houthis. In addition to Sanaa and northern Yemen, the Houthis also control the littoral of the Red Sea.
Western nations claim that airstrikes against Houthi targets are unrelated to Gaza. They assert that they are “a proportionate and necessary reaction” to the intolerable and unprovoked Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
They are perceived significantly differently in Yemen and the broader Arab region.
The United States and the United Kingdom are perceived as supporting Israel in the Gaza conflict, given that the Houthis have justified their actions as an expression of solidarity with Hamas and the Gaza population. According to one hypothesis, the West is even doing Netanyahu’s bidding.
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The Houthis may still be susceptible to the unsettling effects of these airstrikes. Short-term, they will undoubtedly diminish their capability to engage in ship assaults.
Nonetheless, the greater the duration of these airstrikes, the more susceptible the United States and the United Kingdom become to another conflict in Yemen.
Since intervening in the country’s civil conflict, the Saudis have been unable to withdraw for over eight years. The Houthis are currently more entrenched than ever before.
The United States estimates that 15% of global maritime commerce passes through the Red Sea. This accounts for 8% of global liquefied natural gas, 12% of global grain, and 8% of global oil at sea.
The US says the group has attacked and harassed vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden 28 times.
Several big transport businesses have left the region since early December, raising insurance costs nearly tenfold.
London and Washington have provided Israel with support in the wake of the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,300 individuals and the abduction of 240 others.
Saturday’s Hamas-run health ministry reported that Israel’s retaliatory military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, consisting of air strikes and ground operations, has claimed the lives of 23,843 Palestinians to date; thousands more are believed to be buried beneath the debris.
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