(28 Mar 2025)
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Sanaa, Yemen – 28 March 2025
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The Houthi’s media office said on Friday that new U.S. airstrikes struck several regions of the country including Hodeida, al Jewf and the capital, Sanaa.
In statements posted on Telegram the rebel group said that "US aggression targets al-Lahiya district with airstrikes” as well as Al-Hamidat district in al Jewf governorate among other areas.
There was no confirmation or comments from the U.S government on the strikes.
AP footage shows the moment of an explosion and a huge column of smoke rising behind buildings in Sanaa.
Witnesses said they heard the sound of the blast, planes and drones over the capital during the first hours of Friday.
The new American airstrike campaign against the rebels appears more intense and more extensive, as the U.S. moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in city neighbourhoods, an Associated Press review of the operation shows.
The pattern under U.S. President Donald Trump reflects a departure from the Biden administration, which limited its strikes as Arab allies tried to reach a separate peace with the group.
It comes after the Iran-backed Houthis threatened to resume attacking “any Israeli vessel” and have repeatedly fired at Israel over the country’s refusal to allow aid into the Gaza Strip.
The Houthi attacks and the response to them have drawn new scrutiny in Washington after security officials in Trump’s administration shared plans for the first round of strikes on the rebels in a group chat that included a journalist.
But bombing alone may not be enough to stop the Houthis, whose earlier barrage of missile fire toward the U.S. Navy represented the most intense combat it had seen since World War II.
Meanwhile, concerns are growing over civilians being caught in the middle of the campaign.
While the U.S. military has not acknowledged any civilian casualties since the strikes began over a week ago, activists fear strikes may have killed noncombatants already in territory tightly controlled by the Houthis.
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