A series of airstrikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ordered the strikes (Sun. 16 March / AP Video).
By Samy Magdy The Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.
The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100 in the capital of Sanaa and other provinces, including Saada, the rebels’ stronghold on the border with Saudi Arabia.
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