China News Service, March 18. According to foreign media reports, on the 17th local time, the US military launched a new round of air strikes on Yemen. US President Trump's latest statement said that any further attacks or retaliation by the Houthi forces will be strongly counterattacked and Iran will be "subsidized". The U.S. air strikes triggered large-scale protests among people in Sana'a, Yemen. In response to the U.S. attacks, Houthi forces said they launched two attacks on the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet in the Red Sea within 24 hours.

U.S. troops attack Yemen again

Trump threatened to "recover Iran's responsibility"

According to the latest report by AFP, Yemen's Houthi armed forces said that in the early morning of the 18th local time, the US troops once again attacked Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.

On the evening of the 17th local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen said that the US military launched a new round of attacks on the Salif and Badje areas of Hodeida Province controlled by the Houthi armed forces that night.

On the same day, the US Central Command published a document on social media X confirming that the US's actions against the Houthi forces are still continuing and released a video of the fighter jet taking off.

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, citing Yemeni Al-Masirah TV, US fighter jets launched a series of attacks on a metallurgical plant in the western Yemeni province of Hodeida, destroying it.

On the 17th local time, US President Trump issued the latest statement on his social media platform "Real Social", saying that any further attacks or retaliation by the Houthi forces will be subject to a strong counterattack, and there is no guarantee that such counterattack will stop there.

At the same time, Trump extended the warning scope to Iran, saying that he would hold Iran responsible for "every shot fired by the Houthi armed forces in Yemen and said that Iran would "bear the consequences."

Iranian Foreign Minister Aragic previously responded on social platform X, saying, "The US government has no power or qualification to decide Iran's foreign policy."

House armed forces attacked US aircraft carriers twice within 24 hours

Sana, Yemen, people in Sanaa, Yemen protested against US air strikes

According to AFP, on the 17th local time, after Trump ordered the attack on Yemen's Houthi armed forces, tens of thousands of people held a large-scale rally in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, to protest the US military's air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

It is reported that on the same day, many people waved assault rifles and daggers to hold demonstrations in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Someone shouted, "Yemen will never retreat - we resist the Americans."

It is reported that on the evening of the 16th local time, Yemen's Houthi military spokesman Yehaiya Sarea said that the Houthi armed forces once again attacked the USS Harry Truman and its fleet located in the northern part of the Red Sea, and missiles and drones were used during the attack. This is the second time that the Houthi forces have attacked the same US aircraft carrier within the past 24 hours.

Sarea said that the Houthi forces successfully thwarted the US attack on Yemen. After the Houthi forces launched missile and drone attacks on the Truman aircraft carrier, several US fighter jets that had taken off and planned to strike Yemen were forced to return.

Sarea also said that the Houthi forces will target all U.S. warships located in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea as their targets and continue to blockade actions against Israeli ships.

According to statistics from the location and event database project of armed conflict, since the escalation of the Pakistan-Israel conflict in October 2023, the Houthi armed forces have launched 136 strikes on warships, merchant ships, Israeli targets and other targets that are traveling to the Red Sea.

Since March 15, US President Trump has ordered a large-scale air strike against the Houthi armed forces in Yemen. The health department controlled by the Houthi armed forces in Yemen said on the 16th that US air strikes on Yemen have killed 53 people and injured 98 others.