The US kicked off a renewed bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis on 16 March, hitting multiple sites in recent days. In the first two days of the new campaign alone, at least ten waves of airstrikes targeted the Houthi’s key oil products import terminal Ras Issa, their capital Sana’a, and their heartland Saada. Further waves of strikes pounded Yemen in the week with President Trump saying the group will be “completely annihilated.”
Representatives of the US president’s administration emphasized that this would be a long and brutal campaign. “This is not a message. This is not a one-off,” says Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “this is an effort to deny them [the Houthis] the ability to continue to constrict and control shipping.” Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth made similar remarks the day after the strikes: “This campaign will end, but until then it will be unrelenting.” (CONTINUED - 1456 WORDS)
