The Houthis attacked the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman with 18 missiles and UAVs

Members of the Ansar Allah Houthi movement reported that they had attacked the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships, using 18 missiles and one drone. This was announced on March 16 by Yahya Saria, a representative of the armed forces formed by the Houthis.

"In response to the aggression, the Yemeni armed forces conducted a military operation, during which the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying ships were attacked in the northern part of the Red Sea using 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as a drone," Saria said on the Al Masirah TV channel owned by the Houthis.

A representative of the movement warned that the Houthis intend to continue attacking US warships in the Red and Arabian Seas in response to US military strikes on Yemen. They will also continue to block the passage of Israeli vessels through the waters of the Red and Arabian Seas until humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip resumes.

On the same day, Khuzam al-Assad, a member of the political bureau of the Hussite Ansar Allah movement, said that Yemen would not negotiate with the United States. According to him, the United States should receive a military response from Yemen after the state was subjected to "brutal American aggression" against civilian targets and residential buildings.

Al Masirah TV channel also reported that the US army carried out an airstrike on a power plant in Dhayan province of Saada in northern Yemen. It was noted that the death toll as a result of American strikes in Yemen had increased to 13 people.

On March 15, US President Donald Trump announced that he had ordered the US military to begin operations against the Yemeni Houthis. According to him, the decision is due to the fact that the Houthis are waging an "incessant campaign of piracy, violence and terrorism" directed against American ships and vessels of other countries, as well as aircraft and drones. Soon, the central command of the US Armed Forces announced the start of a large-scale operation in Yemen. The Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement, in turn, stressed that the American airstrikes would not go unanswered.