US bombs Yemen: As it happened
The US president has ordered a “powerful military action” against the Yemeni-based Houthi militants

Dozens of people were killed or injured after the US launched a major airstrike campaign against Yemeni-based Houthi militants, with President Donald Trump personally observing the operation as it unfolded.

The strikes hit Yemen shortly after Trump announced a “decisive and powerful military action” against the Houthis on Saturday, warning that “hell will rain down” on them unless they stop attacking US interests and disrupting international commercial navigation in the region.

At least 13 civilians were killed in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, while ten others – including four children and one woman – lost their lives in a US strike on the northern province of Saada, according to the Houthi-run Health Ministry. Nearly two dozen more people were injured.

The Houthis’ political bureau condemned the attack as a “war crime,” stating that “our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation.”

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• 16 March 2025

  01:59 GMT

  The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reports that the number of casualties from US attacks in Saada has risen to ten, bringing the overall death toll to 23, including over a dozen killed in the capital.

• 01:55 GMT

  The strike on Saada targeted a key power station, causing an outage, according to Yemen’s Al Masirah TV.

• 01:46 GMT

  Washington has “informed” Moscow about its strikes in Yemen, according to the US State Department, which announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier in the day.

  “The Secretary informed Russia of US military deterrence operations against the Iran-backed Houthis and emphasized that continued Houthi attacks on US military and commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea will not be tolerated,” the department said in a readout.

  It was unclear whether the call took place before or after President Trump ordered the strikes.

• 00:35 GMT

  The death toll in Yemen has risen to at least 19, according to the Houthi-run health ministry and the Al Masirah TV. At least 13 civilians were killed in the capital, Sanaa, while six others – including four children and one woman – reportedly lost their lives in a US strike on the northern province of Saada. Nearly two dozen more people were injured.

• 00:30 GMT

  The White House has released another black-and-white photo of the US commander-in-chief observing the strikes on Yemen while wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat.

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