Houthis say group downed US drone in northwest Yemen as US strikes proceed – INA NEWS

Yemen’s Houthis have mentioned they shot down a US drone that was finishing up an assault on the northwestern Hajjah governorate while the Al Masriah information outlet has reported that United States air strikes focused no less than three areas throughout the nation.

In a press release on Tuesday, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree mentioned the group’s “air defence shot down a hostile American MQ-9 Reaper drone whereas it was finishing up hostile missions within the airspace of Hajjah Governorate”.

Saree claimed that that is the seventh US drone that the group has downed to date this month, and the twenty second since Israel’s genocidal battle on Gaza started 18 months in the past.

Al Masirah, a Houthi-affiliated outlet, mentioned a collection of strikes on Tuesday evening focused Ka.an Island within the Purple Sea, two air strikes hit the Al Salif district in western Yemen, and 4 air strikes have been reported within the Al-Saleem district within the Saada province within the north of the nation.

The US has been finishing up near-daily, lethal air assaults in opposition to what it claims are Houthi targets in Yemen, killing greater than 200 individuals – together with girls and youngsters – since March.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has warned that its navy marketing campaign will proceed till the Yemeni group halts all firings in opposition to vessels within the Purple Sea,  a serious conduit for worldwide commerce.

The Houthis have rejected the US assault, stressing that they’re focusing on ships in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and can cease when Israel ends its punishing battle on the enclave.

The most recent assault comes simply days after 12 individuals have been killed in air strikes performed by the US on Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

Final week, the US launched 13 strikes on Hodeidah’s port and airport. It was three days after its deadliest assault so far focused the Ras Isa port, additionally in Hodeidah, killing no less than 80 individuals and wounding greater than 150 others.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have reportedly launched greater than 100 assaults on vessels they are saying are linked to Israel, in response to Israel’s battle on Gaza.

The group halted assaults on delivery lanes throughout a two-month ceasefire in Gaza earlier this 12 months. However they pledged to renew strikes after Israel renewed its assault on the besieged enclave final month.

Houthi assaults have paralysed delivery by way of the Suez Canal, a significant waterway by way of which roughly 12 p.c of world delivery site visitors usually passes, forcing many corporations to resort to expensive different routes across the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.