Yemen: Thousands Protest Wave of US-Led Strikes on Houthis

Thousands of Yemenis in the Houthi controlled capital Sanaa demonstrated on Friday, following a wave of US-led strikes that targeted areas under the rebel group's reign. The bombardment — launched in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea — killed at least five people and wounded six, the Houthis said. As the bombing lit the predawn sky over multiple sites held by the Iranian-backed rebels, it forced the world to again focus on Yemen's yearslong war, which began when the Houthis seized the country's capital. Demonstrators were seen in footage broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-run satellite news channel, holding Palestinian flags, placards of the Houthis' official slogan and pictures of rebel leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi. The Houthis have vowed fierce retaliation, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel's war in Gaza. -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://trib.al/KM4k5RA Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals: https://trib.al/dJv9Uw8 Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktakeNow