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The US and UK launched 73 bombardments against Yemen, escalating international fronts beyond the war on Gaza, a dangerous step towards full-scale regional war. Here’s what happened.

After more than three months of Israel’s extermination war against Gaza, Western states bombed Gaza’s main ally in Yemen in their first drastic military action since the war began.

When Israel declared war on Gaza in October 2023, Yemen’s Ansarallah, commonly referred to as the “Houthis,” joined the war on the side of the Palestinian people a month later. About 70% to 85% of Yemen’s population lives under Ansarallah’s governance.

They quickly proved to be an effective ally of the Palestinian resistance, most notably for its blockade of the Red Sea and the targeting of Israel-linked ships and those bound for Israeli ports, effectively cutting them off from the world.

Yemen’s Red Sea blockade has turned around more than 2,000 ships. The threat to the flow of world capital clearly bothered the West more than Israel’s months-long war against Gaza.

In its justification, the White House also referred to a new UN Security Council resolution condemning Yemen’s naval blockade. Russia, China, Algeria, and Mozambique abstained.

A military source in Sanaa stated that countries that will open their airspace to the US coalition for attacks against Yemen will become target of Yemen’s response.

Senior Ansarallah official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said that Yemen’s goal is to “stop the crimes of genocide in Gaza” while the US and UK are “supporting and protecting its perpetrators.”

“Every individual in this world is faced with two choices that have no third: Either to stand with the victims of genocide or to stand with its perpetrators,” he added.

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