Latest Updates On Yemen, 24 March 2024

1- Al Hudaydah Governorate:
On March 23, US-UK coalition fighter jets conducted five airstrikes at Muneer district in Al Hudaydah Governorate in the western coastline of Yemen.

2- Sa’dah Governorate:
On March 24, following the artillery attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on the border region of Al-Sheikh area in Munabah district, an African migrant was injured.

3- On March 22, the French Navy announced in a statement that one of the French warships was attacked by three anti-ship ballistic missiles by the Ansar Allah movement’s forces in the southern Red Sea. The French army also added that this attack also targeted a container ship escorted by the French warship.

4- On March 24, the US Navy announced that a sailor of the USS Mason destroyer named sailor Oriola Michael Aregbesola was killed as a result of falling overboard into the water in the Red Sea. According to Western media reports, this American serviceman was a second-class aviation mechanic who went missing on April 1st during an operation in the Red Sea and his body was found after four days.

The US army has a long history of concealing information and details about the deaths of its soldiers with the use of unrelated and non-combat incidents, a trend that has also been repeated during the conflicts in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Considering the attacks by the Ansar Allah movement on the USS Mason destroyer, it is possible that this person has been killed in Yemeni attacks.

5- Mohammad Abdul Salam, the spokesman for the Ansar Allah movement and the official in charge of negotiations for the Yemeni Salvation Government said: “The US attacks on Sanaa are the continuation of the aggressions carried out by the US and UK to protect Israel and encourage its continued brutal crimes against the people of Palestine in Gaza. We emphasize that as long as the airstrikes and siege of Gaza continue, they will not prevent the Yemeni people and armed forces from attacking Israeli ships or ships heading towards Palestinian ports. We stress Yemen’s right to defend itself and respond to threats until the attacks and siege of Gaza come to an end.”

6- On March 22, the people of Yemen held a widespread rally in support of the people and resistance of Palestine in the provinces under the control of the Ansar Allah movement. This rally was the 25th extensive gathering of Yemenis in support of Palestine since the onset of the recent war, held under the slogan “Our operations continue, stop the attacks.”

7- On March 23, President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat condemned the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in the vicinity of Moscow in a message to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered condolences to the people of Russia and the families of the victims.

8- The terrorist forces of the United States Command in West Asia (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement that from 2:50 to 4:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) on March 23, forces of the Ansar Allah movement launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) towards the Panamanian-flagged Chinese oil tanker “Huang Pu” in the Red Sea.

According to the statement, at 16:25, the fifth ballistic missile was detected when fired towards the Huang Pu. The ship issued a danger signal but did not request assistance. The Huang Pu suffered minimal damage and the fire on board was extinguished within 30 minutes. There was not any report of casualties in this attack, and the ship continued on its course.

Between 6:50 to 9:50 a.m. (Sanaa time), US military forces, along with the USS Carney destroyer, engaged in combat with six suicide drones in the southern Red Sea. According to CENTCOM, five drones crashed in the Red Sea and one flew into areas under controlled by the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen.