Amurka ta kaddamar da airstrikes a kan wuraren ajiyar makamai na kungiyar Houthi a Yemen, a cewar sanarwar da Sekretariyar Tsaron Amurka, Lloyd J. Austin III, ta fitar.
Airstrikes din, wanda aka kaddamar a ranar Laraba, sun hada da amfani da jiragen bomba na B-2 na sojan safarar hari na Amurka, wanda ya zama karo na farko da aka yi amfani da su a kan Houthi a Yemen. An ce jiragen sun kaddamar da harbin kwarara a kan wuraren ajiyar makamai masu karfi guda biyar da ke karkashin ikon Houthi.
Houthi, wanda Iran ke goyon bayansu, suna kai harin jiragen ruwa na soja da na kasuwanci a Tekun Bahar Maliya da Gulf of Aden, a matsayin martani ga rikicin da ke faruwa a Gaza. An ce harin din na Amurka ya mayar da hankali ne kan makamai da Houthi ke amfani da su wajen kai harin jiragen ruwa.
Sekretariyar Tsaron Amurka, Lloyd Austin, ya ce an kaddamar da harin din don rage makamai da Houthi ke amfani da su wajen kai harin, da kuma kare sojojin Amurka da ma’aikata a hanyoyin ruwa masu mahimmanci. Ya kara da cewa, “Amfani da jiragen bomba na B-2 ya nuna iya aikatawa ta duniya na Amurka don shiga waɗannan abubuwan da ake buƙata, ko ina ko wane lokaci”.
Ba a samu rahotannin kisan kwayoyi a madadin harin din, a cewar rahotannin da aka samu daga tashar labarai ta Houthi, Al Masirah. Houthi sun yi alƙawarin yin ramuwa, inda suka ce “mun tabbatar da cewa karfin Amurka ba zai barke ba”.
