US Air Strikes on Yemen Kill 12, Houthis Say
US President Donald Trump’s administration announced a major military offensive against the rebel group in March.
Twelve people have been killed and 30 others injured in air strikes conducted by the United States on Yemen’s capital, the Houthi rebels have said.
The strikes hit Sanaa’s Attan, which has been controlled by the rebel movement since 2014, and a sanitation project in the Asir area, Houthi media said on Sunday.
The strikes also hit the Furwah neighbourhood and a popular market in the Shoub district, according to Houthi media.
The US Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The strikes came a day after the US launched 13 strikes on Hodeidah’s port and airport, and three days after its deadliest attack to date targeted the Ras Isa port, also in Hodeidah, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 150.
Houthi-held areas in Yemen have been subjected to near-daily air strikes by Washington.
More than 200 people have been killed since US President Donald Trump’s administration announced a major military offensive against the Houthis in March.
The Trump administration has said the strikes are aimed at forcing the group to stop threatening ships in the Red Sea, a major conduit for international trade.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have reportedly launched more than 100 attacks on vessels they say are linked to Israel, in response to Israel’s war on Gaza and in solidarity with Palestinians.
Houthi attacks have paralysed shipping through the Suez Canal, a vital waterway through which approximately 12 percent of global shipping traffic normally passes, forcing many companies to resort to costly alternative routes around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah or “supporters of God”, emerged in the 1990s but rose to prominence in 2014 when they seized Sanaa and forced President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee the country.
The Houthis halted attacks on shipping lanes during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza earlier this year. But they pledged to resume strikes after Israel renewed its assault on the besieged enclave last month.
