Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and other places were hit by U.S. and British airstrikes in the early hours of the 12th local time. According to Reuters, on the night of 11 local time, several anti-war activists gathered in New York’s Times Square and outside the White House in Washington, protesting against the U.S. and British strikes on Yemen’s Houthi military targets, saying that the move could expand the regional conflict.
According to reports, protesters gathered in New York’s Times Square and chanted slogans, “Don’t touch the Middle East,” “Don’t touch Yemen” and “Don’t touch Gaza.” In addition, another group of protesters gathered near the White House, waving Palestinian flags and carrying banners reading “Free Palestine” and “Stop Bombing Yemen”.
The protests on Thursday (11) were organized by the American anti-war group ANSWER, reports said. The group said on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that the US attack on Yemen was a “major escalation” that could lead to a wider regional conflict. The airstrike on Yemen is one of the most intense incidents since a new round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict erupted on Oct. 7 last year, despite the U.S. and its allies saying in a joint statement that they had no intention of exacerbating tensions in the Middle East, Reuters said.
The report cited previous protests in several parts of the United States due to the outbreak of a new round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which included protesters blocking traffic near airports and bridges in New York and Los Angeles, vigil protests outside the White House, and protest marches near the Capitol in Washington, among others.
U.S. and British warplanes conducted airstrikes on a number of targets in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, the western Red Sea city of Hodeidah, and the northern province of Sa’ada in the early hours of 12 a.m. local time, according to Yemen’s Saba news agency on 12 December. U.S. media also confirmed the news. CNN reported that the U.S. military launched attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen. U.S. local time on the 11th, Biden issued a statement that the U.S. military on the Houthi forces located in Yemen, a number of targets to carry out strikes, and said that if necessary, the United States will take further measures. Yemen’s Houthi forces said on the 12th, the United States and Britain airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and other places is a “large-scale act of aggression”, will “pay a heavy price”.
