US launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 31 killed

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At least 31 people were killed in US military strikes in Yemen at the start of a campaign expected to last many days. The US administration launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on March 15 over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping since Oct 2023.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The United States on Saturday launched large-scale military strikes against the Houthis over

00:08their attacks against ships from the U.S. and other countries in the Red Sea.

00:17The U.S. strikes against the Iran-aligned group in Yemen have killed at least 31 people

00:22and wounding 101 others, mostly civilians, said the Houthi-run health ministry on Sunday.

00:29The Houthi political bureau described the attacks as a war crime, saying that they are

00:34prepared for a response.

00:37Residents in Sana'a said the strikes hit a building in a Houthi stronghold.

00:41The strikes also targeted Houthi military sites in Taiz, while a power station in Dayan

00:46town was attacked, and this led to a power cut.

00:50U.S. sources were reportedly saying that the strikes might continue for weeks.

00:55U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media posts that it had been over a year since

01:00a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Red Sea, Suez Canal, or the Gulf

01:06of Aden.

01:07He said the last U.S. warship to go through the Red Sea four months ago was attacked by

01:12the Houthis over a dozen times.

01:15Pentagon said the Houthis had attacked U.S. warships 174 times and commercial vessels

01:21145 times since 2023, in what the Houthis said were done in solidarity with Palestinians

01:27over Israel's war in Gaza.

01:30Speaking at an event in Iran in commemoration of a perished commander, General Hossein Salami

01:36said their enemies are repeating past mistakes in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

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