Yemeni residents condemn U.S. for attacking residential areas

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Yemeni residents condemn U.S. for attacking residential areas

2025-05-06 15:10 Last Updated At：21:27

Residents of a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, have condemned the United States for targeting innocent civilians in fresh airstrikes that left 14 injured and civilian facilities severely damaged.

According to local medics, 14 residents in the Shu'ub neighborhood in the eastern part of Sanaa were injured due to U.S. airstrikes early Monday morning, which also shattered windows in several homes and shops.

"We were just sitting peacefully yesterday. Some people were even asleep. We'd just come back from work when suddenly we heard a loud explosion right in the middle of the street, among people in a residential neighborhood. They targeted innocent civilians. There were no military targets, nothing at all," said Bashar Al-Humaidi, a resident.

Houthi officials responded to the airstrikes with defiance.

"These U.S. airstrikes, and the earlier British ones, have failed to change our position. Our support for the Palestinian people is firm -- it's a principled, ideological and religious stance. These attacks have also had no impact on our military operations," said Abdulilah Hajar, advisor to the Houthi Supreme Political Council, the group's highest governing authority.

After the Houthis announced they had fired a missile at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international airport, the organization's military spokesperson declared a "complete air blockade" against Israel. The spokesperson stated that all Israeli airports were now deemed unsafe targets as part of the Houthis' ongoing campaign supporting Gaza.

The attack occurred Sunday morning when a Houthi ballistic missile struck near Ben Gurion Airport, injuring eight people and leaving a 25-meter-wide crater just meters from the control tower, according to Israeli media reports.

Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV reported that Israel and the U.S. launched at least 48 airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah Province on Monday.

The strikes killed at least two people and wounded 42 others, according to health authorities run by the Houthis.

On the same day, the Israeli military confirmed that they conducted large-scale airstrikes on Hodeidah.

According to reports from U.S. media, this airstrike by Israel was carried out in coordination with the U.S.

Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.

Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.

Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.

The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.

Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.

The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.