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Houthis vow to respond after US and UK launch fresh strikes in Yemen

Source: US Department of Defence

The Houthi rebel group said British and US airstrikes “will not deter us” and threatened retaliation after a new wave of attacks hit Yemen on Saturday. 

The UK joined the US for a third time in conducting a wave of airstrikes on Houthi targets in a bid to prevent further attacks on international shipping along a major trade route.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said “these attacks will not deter us from our… stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip”.

Saree added that there had been

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