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US warplanes strike Houthi military sites in northern Yemen

January 08, 2025 08:16 PM

Aden, Jan 8 || US warplanes carried out seven airstrikes on military sites held by the Houthi group in northern Yemen on Wednesday, a military official of the Yemeni government forces told news agency.

The official said on condition of anonymity that the strikes targetted key military locations in the Harf Sufyan district of Amran province and Jarban area in Sanhan district, south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the official said.

He provided no details regarding casualties or the scale of damage caused by the airstrikes.

According to the source, some of the targeted sites are believed to be underground weapons storage facilities used by the Houthi group.

Meanwhile, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the strikes in a statement posted on X, saying, "CENTCOM forces conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapon (ACW) storage facilities within Houthi-controlled territories of Yemen, Jan. 8."

 

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