2023-12-04 22:32:00
The Iranian regime supports Yemen’s Houthi rebels (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via REUTERS)
The United States denounced this Monday that the attack carried out over the weekend by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against three ships in the Red Sea was facilitated by the Iranian regime. Likewise, Washington maintained that the Houthis’ hostilities constitute a danger to international peace and stability.
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In a briefing with reporters, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington has “every reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, have been fully facilitated by Iran.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amir Abdolahian said the United States must pay for its “hypocritical” support for Israel in the “massacre of women, children and civilians” in Gaza.
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“On the one hand, the United States advises Israel through the press to stop the massacre of women, children and civilians,” Abdolahian said late last night in a meeting in Tehran with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi.
“But in practice they support and give the green light to the genocide in Gaza. “The United States must pay the consequences of its hypocritical support for Israel,” said the diplomat.
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Abdolahian warned, once again, that the conflict could spread throughout the region if the “current situation” in Gaza continues. “We warn those instigating the war to stop this massacre before it is too late,” he said.
The destroyer USS Carney deployed to the Red Sea to assist ships attacked by Yemen’s Houthis (Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill Dodge/US Navy via AP)
Bin Hamad Albusaidi, for his part, stressed the need to continue political efforts regarding Palestine and called on the international community to “fulfill its obligations” to the Palestinians.
Iran’s regime heads the so-called Axis of Resistance, a loose alliance made up of terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine, as well as myriad extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.
Tehran, sponsor and ally of Hamas, celebrated the attack carried out by the Palestinian terrorist group against Israel on October 7 that caused 1,200 deaths and since then has repeatedly warned of the possibility that its allies will open other fronts if the bombings do not stop. from Gaza.
The US Central Command (Centcom) reported on Sunday that a US destroyer shot down several drones while assisting commercial ships in the Red Sea that had been targeted by attacks from Yemen.
“The Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer USS CARNEY responded to distress calls” from three ships, assisted them, and shot down three drones heading toward the warship during the day, Centcom said in a statement. And he added: “Today there were four attacks against three commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern Red Sea.”
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out a series of attacks in the Red Sea in recent weeks against ships linked to Israel (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Unity Explorer and Number 9 in a statement on social media on Sunday, claiming that the ships were Israeli and that attacks on ships would continue “until the Israeli aggression against our brothers ends.” in Gaza.”
Last Saturday, the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, had warned at a security forum that his country “will not tolerate attacks against personnel” of the United States and that they must stop.
“Until they do (stop), we will do whatever is necessary to protect our soldiers and impose costs on those who attack them,” he said.
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