America’s claim: We carried out two successful attacks against Yemen’s Ansarullah
| US Central Command Headquarters in the Middle East known as CENTCOM claimed: We carried out two successful attacks against Yemen's Ansarullah in the framework of self-defense. |
The American Central Command Headquarters in the West Asia known as CENTCOM said on Saturday local time: The United States of America carried out two successful self-defense attacks against Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarullah) in the Red Sea on Friday.
Centcom added in a statement: The targets included an anti-ship cruise missile and a Shahpad in Yemen.
US Central Command in the region claimed to have identified the missile as an “imminent threat” to US Navy ships and commercial vessels in the region.
CENTCOM also said that the “Houthis” (Ansarullah) launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles from areas under their control in Yemen towards the Red Sea.
The US Central Command added: From the afternoon (Sanaa time) on February 16 to 1:00 a.m. on February 17, four anti-ship ballistic missiles were launched from the areas under the control of Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarullah) supported by Iran towards the Red Sea. became. It is estimated that at least three missiles were fired at the Panamanian-flagged, Danish-owned, and Panamanian-registered merchant ship MT Pollux.
Centcom claimed: No damage or damage has been reported from this ship or any other ship in the region.
The military bases of the United States of America in Iraq and Syria have been targeted by drone, rocket and missile attacks since October 17 (October 25). Islamic resistance groups in the region of West Asia (West Asia), including in Iraq and Syria, as well as Yemeni forces, following the action of the Israeli regime in retaliation for the Al-Aqsa operation and the bombing of the Gaza Strip and Washington’s support for these attacks, have warned the United States that the American bases They will target the region.
These attacks were carried out after the Yemeni army targeted several Israeli ships or ships bound for the occupied territories in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait during the past weeks in support of the resistance of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The forces of the Yemeni army have committed until the Israeli regime does not stop its attacks on Gaza, they will continue to attack the ships of this regime or the ships bound for the occupied territories in the Red Sea.
The forces of the Yemeni army have emphasized that navigation in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea is free for other ships and they enjoy full security.
America and England, together with 8 other countries, attacked the positions of Ansarullah in Yemen on 21st of this month, equal to 11th of January 2024, following the resolution of the United Nations Security Council.
On January 20, 2024, the United Nations Security Council passed the resolution proposed by the United States of America and Japan with number 2722 against Yemen’s Ansarullah regarding the attacks in the Red Sea without mentioning the main reason for these attacks and Washington’s support for the Israeli regime in The bombing of Gaza was approved.
Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, announced in a statement on January 18, 2024, equivalent to January 28, 1402, that Washington has once again included Yemen’s Ansarullah movement in its list of so-called terrorist groups, and this decision will take effect after 30 days.
On February 16 (27th of Bahman 1402), the United States Department of State declared Yemen’s Ansarullah a “Special Global Terrorist” group, and the United States Department of Treasury also announced the sanctions imposed by the United States of America due to Yemen’s Houthi (Ansarallah) attacks on commercial ships. has applied against this group in the Red Sea, it entered the implementation stage from today.
In 2021, US President Joe Biden’s government removed the Ansarullah movement from Washington’s terrorist list in order to facilitate the Yemeni peace negotiations.
Source: IRNA
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