The United States steps up its military campaign against the Houthis in Yemen
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have suffered one of their most critical days after a new wave of US air strikes against military targets in six governorates in Yemen. This recent offensive, centred on command centres, arms depots, missiles and communications systems, marks a new high point in the US military campaign against the Yemeni rebels.
According to Al-Ain News, US fighter jets carried out some 37 air strikes during the day, hitting targets in Sana'a, Al Hudaydah, Marib, Dhamar, Ibb and Amran.
In fact, the capital was the main target of the incursions, with at least 11 air strikes on two strategic locations: the city of Al-Jumaymah, in the district of Bani Hashish, and the city of Jarban, in Sanhan. The explosions shook both areas of San, destroying an arsenal containing howitzer shells, light mortars and Katyusha rockets, as well as an underground warehouse with SAM-2 missiles and Houthi air defence system radars.
Meanwhile, in the east of the country, the governorate of Marib was the target of 10 attacks, distributed between the district of Majzar, areas near Al-Jawba, and the city of Kofal in Sirwah.
In the west, in the city of Amin Muqbil, three attacks completely destroyed a building used by the Houthis as a weapons depot and secret meeting room. According to local sources, at least 10 Houthi leaders were killed in the bombing. Houthi forces moved their bodies in private vehicles, while ambulances evacuated the wounded to hospitals in Hodeidah.
Arming aircraft aboard USS Harry S. Truman for operations against Iran-backed Houthis…#HouthisAreTerrorists pic.twitter.com/tLrXQsu314
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In the governorates of Dhamar, Amran and Ibb, the US offensive also left its mark with attacks targeting key military infrastructure.
In Dhamar, three air raids hit weapons depots and missile systems, affecting the operational capacity of the Houthis in the region. Further north, in Amran, two bombings destroyed communication systems in the Shawaba area, within the Dhibin district, compromising the militia's coordination network.
Meanwhile, in the mountainous governorate of Ibb, eyewitnesses reported three powerful air strikes, described as the most violent in the area so far, hitting the summit of Mount Ba'dan, 3,200 metres high. A large military complex, guidance systems and various communication networks that the Houthis had established in this strategic position were destroyed at that point.
What is being described as “some of the heavy strikes of the campaign so far” have been launched tonight by the U.S. Navy and Air Force against Mount Nuqum near the Yemeni capital of Sana’a in Houthi-controlled Western Yemen. The areas targeted are said to include… pic.twitter.com/e1Y1eDQZ73
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These new attacks coincided with two other bombings against Houthi naval positions on the island of Kamaran, located to the north of the governorate and facing the Red Sea.
On 15 March the United States began an intensive air campaign in Yemen, with hundreds of air strikes in 13 governorates. This offensive has caused significant material and human losses for the Houthi militia and has reduced the group's naval attacks on commercial vessels by 40%, according to estimates by international observers.
In recent days, media linked to the Houthi movement confirmed the death of Abdul Nasser Al-Kamali, the militia's intelligence chief, during the bombings. Days earlier, the White House had reported the elimination of the Houthis' top missile expert, although the Pentagon has not officially confirmed his identity or death.
