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Houthis Vow ‘Strong and Effective’ Response to Latest U.S. Strike<!-- wp:html --><p>KHALED ABDULLAH</p> <p>After another U.S. missile strike in Yemen on Saturday morning local time, the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/houthi">Houthis </a>insisted that there was <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-warns-more-strikes-yemens-houthis-if-red-sea-attacks-persist-2024-01-13/">no significant impact</a> on their military capabilities, and promised a strong response. </p> <p>“This new strike will have a firm, strong and effective response,” Houthi spokesperson Nasruldeen Amer told Al Jazeera.</p> <p>The strike targeted a Houthi radar site on a military base in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Two U.S. officials said that the location of the latest strike was chosen because it <a href="https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-ship-attacks-bombing-red-sea-iran-cc06d9186a00d1f22bea6b9c14dda12a">posed a threat</a> to vessels in the Red Sea. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/houthis-vow-strong-and-effective-response-to-latest-us-strike">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

KHALED ABDULLAH

After another U.S. missile strike in Yemen on Saturday morning local time, the Houthis insisted that there was no significant impact on their military capabilities, and promised a strong response.

“This new strike will have a firm, strong and effective response,” Houthi spokesperson Nasruldeen Amer told Al Jazeera.

The strike targeted a Houthi radar site on a military base in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Two U.S. officials said that the location of the latest strike was chosen because it posed a threat to vessels in the Red Sea.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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