Attacks on Yemen’s capital in response to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea: Joe Biden – Dainik Savera Times

Washington: President Joe Biden, quoted by media reports, said he ordered the attack ‘in response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea’. According to reports, the US-led coalition attacked Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen. The move came after the group ignored warnings from the Biden administration and other governments to stop attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. In a statement, President Joe Biden said the strikes were directed at targets used by the Houthis.

Quoting a report, he said, ‘These attacks have endangered American personnel, civilian sailors and our allies, trade and freedom of navigation.’ Joe Biden said he would ‘not hesitate to direct measures as necessary to protect the security of our people and the free flow of international commerce.’ Senior US officials blamed Iran for ‘aiding and abetting’ the crisis in the Red Sea and said that without Tehran’s technical and intelligence support, the Houthis would have been unable to threaten the shipping route.

President Joe Biden said in a statement issued by the White House, quoting a report, that ‘Today at my direction, US military forces, in collaboration with the UK and with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, attacked several targets in Yemen. , which were used by Houthi rebels to threaten freedom of navigation.” These attacks were carried out by fighter planes and Tomahawk missiles. A US official said more than a dozen Houthi positions were struck by missiles fired from air, surface and sub platforms. These included radar systems, drone storage and launch sites, ballistic missile storage and launch sites, and cruise missile storage and launch sites.