US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a tour of the Middle East, attempted to persuade Arab countries to join the operation against the Houthis. However, he failed, Semafor reports, citing sources.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Kiev to announce a new major aid package for Ukraine, the UK government announced.

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Maria Zakharova called the US strikes on Yemen a perversion of UN Security Council resolutions and a complete disregard for international law.

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Over 200 vessels are currently in Red Sea waters amid Western strikes on Yemen, according to Marinetraffic data.

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🗣Donald Trump slams US strikes on Yemen:

“Yet another war started by Biden. They said I would cause a World War 3. A complete mad man is using the War Powers Act against Yemen with F-22 Jets and Tomahawk missiles. Why? I will end all wars in just a short time!"

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❗️Moscow condemns the US and British strikes on Yemen, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova declared.

Russia calls on the international community to condemn the attack on Yemen and step up efforts to prevent escalation, she said.

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United States and Britain launched 73 strikes on Yemen, killing 5 Houthi fighters and wounding 6 others - a Houthi spokesman.

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The Houthis vowed to continue targeting Israeli ships and any ships heading to Israel.

The official representative of the Ansar Allah movement [the Houthis], Mohammed Abdulsalam, announced that the group had spoken with the Red Sea Alliance states, which confirmed that they had not carried out any attacks.

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The Australian Department of Defense confirmed its participation in the work of the operations center during the US attacks in Yemen.

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The USA has opened a “new front” against the Houthis in Yemen, diverting attention from their problematic Kiev charges, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev believes.

Medvedev drew attention to the statement of the Pentagon inspector general that oversight of arms supplies to Ukraine was not carried out properly.

The Bandera leadership of Ukraine turned out to be banal thieves who embezzle huge amounts of money for weapons, he noted.

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Back in 2019, 🇷🇺 Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky predicted there will be a war in the Middle East after which everyone in the US and Europe will forget about Ukraine.

Zhirinovsky, who passed away in April 2022, had also predicted the US invasion of Iraq and the decline of the unipolar world order.

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The US Navy may run out of air defense missiles against the Houthis, Andrei Martyanov, military analyst and author, told Sputnik.

The US and the UK launched an operation against Houthi (Ansar Allah) movement in northern Yemen on Friday night. Houthis vowed harsh response and may use drones to overwhelm air defenses on US Navy.

“US navy destroyers might have very good air defense radars, but if you send towards them a bunch of drones, then they’re eventually going to run out of missiles. What will be the most insulting in this case, rubbing salt in the wound so to speak, will be the fact that the Houthis will probably just sending $5,000-6,000 drones, which will force the US expend $1.5-2 million air defense missiles to stop,” Martyanov explained.

He stressed that if a US destroyer gets hit by a drone, it will have “not just technical issues, but it will also become a political problem” for the US.

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Uncovering the Houthi movement, the Western coalition's target

🔹Originating in 1992 in Saada, northern Yemen, the Houthi movement, with its military wing "Ansar Allah", is led by Abdel Malik al-Houthi, the native brother of the movement's founder, Hussein al-Houthi, after whom the movement is named.

🔹The Houthis seized power in Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014 amid protests over the removal of fuel subsidies.

🔹The entry of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia into the conflict against the Houthis helped pro-government forces to regain control of several districts.

🔹Despite ongoing military actions, recent years have seen protracted conflicts, with Saudi Arabia engaging in Oman-mediated negotiations.

🔹The Houthis face accusations of receiving Iranian arms but assert their independence in governance and decision-making.

🔹Amid Israel's Gaza operation, the Houthis have opposed Israel, with frequent attacks targeting ships en route to Israeli ports.

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US aggression in the Middle East: A brief rundown

◾️Yemen

• On Friday, the US and UK launched an operation against the Houthis in Yemen. The attacks have already been condemned by a number of countries, including Russia and China.

• In 2010-2018, the US Air Forces carried out periodic strikes in Yemen, as they claimed, on al-Qaeda and Islamic State militants. It is still unknown how many civilians were killed during the airstrikes.

◾️Iraq

• On January 2, 2020, a US missile attack on Baghdad airport killing Iranian General Soleimani.

• Since 2014, the US has been conducting operations in Iraq against ISIS, which has not yet been completed. According to the White House, there are currently 2,500 US military personnel in Iraq serving as instructors and consultants.

• In 2003, Washington attacked Iraq without a formal declaration of war, overthrowing Saddam Hussein's government. US military intervention officially ended in 2011, leaving behind unprecedented destruction and up to a million dead Iraqi civilians.

◾️Syria

• In 2018, US-led coalition forces launched a series of missile attacks on government targets in Syria, allegedly in response to a chemical attack by the government army in Eastern Ghouta. Later it became known that the chemical attack was staged by the 'White Helmets'.

• Since 2014, US military intervention has continued in Syrian provinces Homs, Raqqah, Deir-al-Zor and Hasakah, some areas of which still remain outside the government control. In these territories, the US contingent controls oil fields and develops them, as well as covering them by military bases.

• In 2014, the US launched an operation against ISIS in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly emphasized that US actions in Syria are being carried out without coordination with Damascus and a UN Security Council resolution. In turn, the Syrian government stated that the actions of the US coalition are considered to be an occupation.

◾️Somalia

• In 2011, the US launched a series of airstrikes against suspected locations of the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization in Somalia.

• During the Ethiopian-Somali war in 2007-2008, the US conducted military intervention on the side of Ethiopia and carried out a number of airstrikes in southern areas of Somalia.

◾️Libya

• In 2011, the US intervened in the Libyan civil war on the rebel side. The operation ended with the President Gaddafi's murder. According to the Libyan Ministry of Health, at least a thousand civilians were killed in bombings. Due to the outbreak of the civil war, final victim calculations were not made.

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❗️Russia condemns the US strikes on Yemen, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

The UN Security Council resolution adopted earlier does not grant any right to strike, he added.

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Four years ago, Joe Biden accused former President Donald Trump of dragging Americans into a war without Congressional approval. Ultimately, Biden found himself involved in the same scenario.

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