According to the spokesman of the Houthis, Yahya Sarea, this time the attacks were directed against several Yemeni provinces and cities.

Sarea also claimed the downing of a US MQ-9 drone over western Yemen, which, he said, was the seventeenth since the start of Washington’s bombing.

Unofficial media put the death toll from this morning’s attacks on at least five.

The death toll among Yemeni civilians from US strikes could now rise to 67 since the start of US bombing raids on the country, media close to the rebels said.

The Houthis have controlled large areas of central, northern and southern Yemen since 2014, including the capital, after taking up arms against the government, an event that sparked a civil war that continues today.

In November 2023, they launched attacks against Israel-bound shipping through the Red Sea, as a response to Zionist aggression in the Gaza Strip.

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