The US launched more than 10 strikes on several targets across Yemen overnight including Saada province, and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported that “a strike by the US aggression” attacked the Saada governorate, said the channel and Saba news agency on Wednesday.
The district, which houses weapons storage and training sites, is considered one of the group's most important and heavily fortified military strongholds, Yemeni sources told Reuters.
After weeks of relative calm in Red Sea shipping following a Gaza ceasefire in January, the rebel group warned last week that it would resume attacks on Israeli vessels in response to Israel's closure of Gaza's crossings.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to hold Iran accountable for any future Houthi attacks, warning of severe consequences.
The Iranian leadership would be held responsible for “every shot fired by the Houthis”, he said, which have long been backed by Tehran. The group later said it had attacked a US aircraft carrier three times in the past two days.
People walk past a digital billboard featuring the Houthis' leader, Abdul Malik Al Houthi, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's Houthis have condemned Israel's resumption of attacks against the Gaza Strip. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
The Houthis first tried to attack the USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea on Sunday following deadly US strikes on Yemen.
The Pentagon said it had struck 30 targets in Yemen since Saturday, in the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since Mr Trump returned to the White House.
Despite US pressure, the Houthis led by Abdul Malik Al Houthi have refused to scale back attacks in the Red Sea. The group has launched several attacks on international shipping in what they say is in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza war.
On Tuesday, the Houthis said they would expand their targets in Israel in the coming hours and days unless the “aggression” against Gaza ceased. The group claimed that it attacked an Israeli airbase with a ballistic missile without providing evidence.
Houthi military spokesman Lt Col Yahya Saree, said that the group successfully attacked the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and other US warships with missiles and drones, thwarting the US assault.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory. Sirens had sounded in several areas of Israel.
The Houthi group has repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what it has described as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The firing of the missile came after Israel resumed air strikes in Gaza that killed more than 400 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, ending weeks of relative calm after talks to secure a permanent ceasefire stalled.
“Yemen, its leadership, people, and army will not stand idly by while witnessing all the massacres against our people in Gaza,” Lt Col Saree said in a televised address.
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September 2021
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October 2021
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December 2024
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May 2025
The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan
July 2025
The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan
August 2025
Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision
October 2025
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180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE
The story in numbers
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This is how many recognised sects Lebanon is home to, along with about four million citizens
450,000
More than this many Palestinian refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon, with about 45 per cent of them living in the country’s 12 refugee camps
1.5 million
There are just under 1 million Syrian refugees registered with the UN, although the government puts the figure upwards of 1.5m
73
The percentage of stateless people in Lebanon, who are not of Palestinian origin, born to a Lebanese mother, according to a 2012-2013 study by human rights organisation Frontiers Ruwad Association
18,000
The number of marriages recorded between Lebanese women and foreigners between the years 1995 and 2008, according to a 2009 study backed by the UN Development Programme
77,400
The number of people believed to be affected by the current nationality law, according to the 2009 UN study
4,926
This is how many Lebanese-Palestinian households there were in Lebanon in 2016, according to a census by the Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue committee
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