US airstrikes against Yemen's Houthis: Game-changer or more of the same?
Experts warn an expanded US strike campaign in Yemen is unlikely to deter the Houthis.
WASHINGTON — The United States launched a new wave of airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday in what President Donald Trump described as an expansion of the campaign to stave off the Houthis' missile and drone attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
US F/A-18s launched from the USS Harry S. Truman and other US Navy warships fired cruise missiles into Yemen as part of the reinvigorated campaign, which Trump said would include strikes on the Houthi leadership.
Sites near Saada, Hodeida, Marib and Sanaa were hit, killing at least 53 people and wounding more than 100, including women and children, according to local reports and Houthi-controlled al-Masira television, which cited the Yemeni Health Ministry.
The new US strikes ended a three-month lull in back-and-forth attacks between the Houthis and US naval and air assets that had coincided with the January ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
