Location at a glance: USA will continue to attack Huthi in Yemen

The United States continues its military strokes against the Huthi militia in Yemen. The missions against the Huthi terrorists supported by Iran continued, the responsible US regional command Centcom announced on the platform X without further details at night. The Yemeni news agency Saba, which is controlled by the Huthi militia, reported two air raids in the early morning hours in the area of ​​the port city of Hudaida, about 230 kilometers southwest of the capital Sanaa.

According to the Arab television station Al-Jasira, the number of fatalities rose through the US attacks to 53. US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth previously described the attacks ordered by President Donald Trump on Saturday as a clear message to the Huthi and Iran. As soon as the militia says that it stops shooting ships, the United States would stop with its attacks, the Pentagon boss added.

The message was also clear to Iran, said Hegseth. The support of the Huthi must end immediately. The United States would otherwise hold Tehran accountable. Iran condemned the USA in Yemen. “These attacks, which led to the death of dozens of innocent Yemenites, are a blatant violation of the UN Charter and will suspend the security of the region an unprecedented risk,” said foreign office spokesman Ismail Baghai.

So far, the Huthi militia has not made any signs. Her leader, Abdel-Malik Al-Huthi, said in a speech: “If you [die USA] We will continue their aggression. “He announced that he will attack US trade and warships, as the Arab TV channels al-Dschasira and Sky News Arabia unanimously reported. The militia claimed at night to have attacked the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman for the second time. This did not initially be checked.

Leader of the Huthi in sight

“The idea that this massive wave of air strikes is carried out and the Huthi simply leaning back and letting it endure is absurd,” said Mohammed al-Basha, founder of the Middle East Security Advice Basha Report, based in the USA, the “Wall Street Journal”. They would practice retaliation, and violently. “It will be a vicious circle.” Like Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Hisbollah militia in Lebanon, the Huthi belong to Iran’s self-proclaimed resistance front against the archenemy Israel.

The Hamas and the Hisbollah have now been significantly weakened by the military conflicts with Israel. Now the USA allies with their massive attacks in Yemen are targeting another ally of Iran after Trump’s predecessors had already tried to weaken the Huthi in Yemen. Similar to Israel in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, the US military in the fight against the Huthi is now also specifically against the leaders of the militia.

Leading members of the Huthi fled to rural areas after the first nightly US air attacks from the capital, which they controlled. This was reported by the news channel al-Arabija financed by Saudi Arabia. Rain -high members had received the instructions to leave their houses because of the risk of further air raids. According to the US media, the attacks also aimed at Huthi’s rocket launchers, which were moved towards the coast in preparation for new attacks against ships. For example, a dozen drones were destroyed that had their sights on the US war fleet.

Expert: Huthi could also attack US bases

One of the most important shipping routes for world trade leads along the coast of Yemen. In addition to resumption of attacks on Israel and ships, the Huthi could try to attack US bases in Dschibuti and the United Arab Emirates, al-Basha was quoted. If the conflict would last, the militia would probably start attacks on Saudi Arabia again to indirectly put pressure on Washington, he said.

After the outbreak of the Gaza War between Israel and Islamist Hamas in October 2023, the Huthi-Miliz had started to support Hamas with attacks on ships with alleged connection to Israel and Israel itself. After a ceasefire in Gaza came into force, the militia set its attacks on ships in January. However, when Israel recently stopped all aid deliveries to Gaza to push the Hamas to release the Israeli hostages remaining there, the Huthi announced a few days ago to resume ships in the Red Sea.

An action against the Huthi leaders – which Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden has largely failed to escalate – could further undermine the reactionability of the Huthi, analysts told the “Wall Street Journal”. But there is also a risk that it will become “more unpredictable”. The US policy of the deterrent will probably take time to show effectiveness, Osamah Al Rawhani was cited by the San’a Center for Strategic Studies. In recent years, the Huthi militia has repeatedly proven that it was able to “adapt and recover”.