Yemen’s Houthi leader: Any US attack would not go without a response

Any US attack on Yemen’s Houthis will not go without a response, the group’s leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said on Thursday (January 11) in a televised speech. He said any such response would be bigger than the recent strike in which its drones and missiles targeted a U.S. ship in the Red Sea. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Various shipping lines have suspended operations, instead taking the longer journey around Africa. “We are more determined to continue and target ships linked to Israel, and we will not back down from that,“ the Houthi leader said. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #yemen #uk #houthi #usa