US and Iran-backed Houthis both vow escalation after US airstrikes target rebels in Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U. S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world's busiest shipping corridors. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the U. S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100 in the capital of Sanaa and other provinces, including Saada, the rebels’ stronghold on the border to...
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