The United States and Britain made headlines today by carrying out a series of air and missile strikes against Sanaa, ostensibly in retaliation for the Houthi attacks on Israeli-linked cargo ships that the Yemeni movement conducts in response to Israel’s campaign in the Gaza Strip.
Following the overnight joint US-UK attack against the Yemeni Houthis, there is major uncertainty regarding global oil prices that may skyrocket if there is serious military escalation. But there is a catch, it seems.
Washington and London's military forces launched a series of missile and air strikes against Yemen on Thursday night, allegedly against Houthi targets.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - As many as 78.8% of Russians trust President Vladimir Putin, while 76.8% approve of his work performance overall, a poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) showed on Friday.
Houthi leader Mohammed al-Bukhaiti pledged on Friday that the UK and the US would "soon realize" that the strikes on Yemen were "the greatest folly in their history."
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Strikes by the US and the UK on Yemen are another example of the distortion of UN Security Council resolutions and complete disregard for international law in the name of escalation in the region, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
With the Iowa caucus set to kick off the election season in earnest next week, the question of whether any Republican will rise to seriously challenge former US President Donald Trump is about to get much clearer.
MOSCOW, January 12 (Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Friday that the air force of the United Kingdom carried out airstrikes against positions of the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, in Yemen.
This development comes amidst ongoing sanctions and international pressures, challenging the traditional views on the effectiveness of such economic constraints.
The US and Britain have already launched 23 strikes on targets in four Yemeni provinces, local authorities told Sputnik. President Biden confirmed US and allied military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, called them a response to a threat to freedom of navigation.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States acknowledges that Gaza residents are suffering from real food security issues amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, White House Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Thursday.
