The rebel group guarantees that the action “will not go unpunished”
The United States and the United Kingdom have carried out new attacks against the Houthi rebel group in Yemen.
In a second joint operation in just over ten days, the targets were several locations controlled by the Shiite movement.
On the night between Monday (22) and Tuesday (23), the Prosperity Guardian task force bombed eight Houthi sites, which hid “missile and launch systems, air defense systems, radars and weapons depots”, according to a statement.
The text specifies that the attacks aim to “weaken the arsenal used to endanger global trade and the lives of innocent sailors”.
Washington and London have reiterated their intention to prevent attacks on Western ships in the Red Sea, without opening a new war front.
The Houthis have given assurances that the attacks will not go unpunished and Iran has said the US is “making a strategic mistake”.
On January 12, there was another wide-ranging military action led by both countries, followed by attacks led only by the United States.
Before the new attack, American President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during a phone call, “reaffirmed their commitment to freedom of navigation”.
The action is yet another attempt to curb the string of Houthi attacks which, according to London, have already attacked more than 30 merchant ships since November and at least 12 in the last 10 days, in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Gaza.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will visit the region in the coming days and is working with the United States to impose new sanctions against the Houthis.
The European Union also expressed concern over actions that Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said caused a “22% drop in container traffic in the Red Sea this month.”
According to him, “there are currently no visible consequences on energy or goods prices, but there are already effects on transport prices.”
To deal with this crisis, Brussels is working to make the Aspides naval mission operational as quickly as possible, following the political approval of the latest Council on Foreign Relations.
Italian Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani signaled that Rome will be at the forefront of the new operation with defensive objectives: “Italy is an exporting country, and therefore we have the duty to protect merchant ships, and we will do so.”
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Source: Terra
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