Bombing marks major escalation in Middle East crisis and draws condemnation from leaders in the region
Yemen’s Houthis threatened retaliation and tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the country’s capital after Thursday’s late-night bombing by the US and UK of dozens of sites in rebel-held territory.
Five people were killed and six injured in the overnight offensive that the Houthis said on Friday had targeted 73 sites in the capital Sana’a, around the port city of Hodeidah and three other regions. The UK and US defended the attacks, which marked a major escalation of the crisis in the Middle East triggered by the Israel-Gaza war, but leaders in the region condemned them for inflaming tensions in an already volatile climate.
