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U.S. Launches Military Strikes in Yemen
(Wall Street Journal) Nancy A. Youssef - A Houthi Health Ministry official said at least 31 had been killed and 101 injured Saturday in U.S. strikes. Among the locations targeted were the homes of Houthi leaders residing in the capital, San'a. The strikes hit the town of Sa'dah, the Houthi's home base, and the San'a neighborhood of Jeraf, a Houthi stronghold. U.S. military officials described Saturday's strikes as the beginning of a sustained campaign targeting the group. The current wave of strikes has three goals. It targets Houthi missile launchers that were being moved toward the coast in preparation for new attacks on shipping, it targets Houthi leadership, and it sends a message to Iran that it could be next and what military capabilities could be deployed. "The Houthis were inviting retaliation. They are aligning themselves with groups like Hamas and Hizbullah," said Noam Raydan, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Their attacks are not a threat to one country but to global trade."