On February 3, local time, U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin issued a statement saying that the U.S. and British forces, with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, launched a new round of attacks on military targets in Yemen's Houthi-controlled areas, further disrupting and weakening the ability of Iranian-backed Houthis to attack ships in the Red Sea.
The targets of the coalition attacks included underground storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems and radars of the Houthis, the statement said.
According to the New York Times, the U.S.-British coalition launched attacks on 36 Houthi targets in 13 locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on the same day.
On the evening of February 3, local time, Masila TV, controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels, reported that Yemen's capital Sana'a, Hajjah Province, Zamal Province, and Al-Bayda Province were hit by US-British coalition airstrikes, and the targets of the attack on the capital Sana'a were Al-Nahdain and Atan (Attan) in southern Sana'a.
On February 4, local time, after many places in Yemen were attacked by the United States and Britain on the night of the 3rd, Mohammed Bukahati, a member of the Yemeni Houthi Politburo, issued a statement saying that the Houthi military action against Israel will continue until Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip stops, and the Houthis will "respond to escalation with escalation", no matter how much sacrifice is paid.
The three countries condemned the previous US air strikes:
Violating sovereignty and exacerbating regional conflicts!
According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the U.S. military has begun to carry out airstrikes against targets of Iranian-backed armed groups in Syria and Iraq on the 2nd, as a retaliation for the previous attack on the U.S. military base in Jordan that killed three soldiers. According to the report, the air strikes launched by the US military on the 2nd hit more than 85 targets, killing nearly 40 people. Syria, Iraq, and Iran subsequently strongly condemned the US move.
The Syrian military reportedly said in a statement that the U.S. military attack had caused "multiple civilian and soldier deaths, many injuries, and significant damage to public and private property." Syria also claimed that the airstrikes "exacerbated the conflict in the Middle East in an extremely dangerous way" and violated Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Iraqi military said that the US airstrikes violated Iraq's sovereignty and that the threat posed by them could lead to dire consequences for Iraq and the region, which would have a serious impact on regional security and stability.
In a statement, an Iranian spokesman said that the US attacks on Syria and Iraq were an "adventurous action" and "another strategic mistake by the United States, which will lead to nothing but exacerbating tensions and instability in the region."
Editor: Guo Bingxin.