ISTANBUL

Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday that a series of US airstrikes targeted Al Hudaydah Governorate in the west of the country and Saada Governorate in the north.

The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported that US airstrikes targeted Kamaran Island in Al Hudaydah, followed by two in Al-Salif District in the governorate.

It also said that four US airstrikes targeted Al-Salem District in Saada, without providing further details on casualties or material damage.

Earlier Tuesday, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement that Houthi air defenses shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Hajjah Governorate’s coastal airspace using a locally made surface-to-air missile.

Saree also announced that Houthi missile, drone, and naval forces conducted two operations targeting the American aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman and USS Carl Vinson along with their accompanying warships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea.

The attacks involved “winged missiles and drones,” he said.

The US has carried out nearly 1,000 airstrikes in Yemen since March 15, killing 217 civilians and injuring 436, mostly women and children, based on official Houthi data that excludes losses among their forces.

US President Donald Trump said last month that he had ordered “decisive and powerful military action” against the Houthi group and later threatened to “completely annihilate them.” ​

The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where at least 51,000 people have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault.​​​​​​​

The group halted attacks when a ceasefire in Gaza was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas but resumed them after Israel renewed airstrikes on the enclave last month.