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US Hits Rebel Sites in Pre-Dawn Yemen Raids

Yemen’s Houthi rebels reported Thursday that a US airstrike killed a guard at a communications tower in Ibb governorate and claimed more than 20 other strikes hit their northern stronghold in Saada.

The US has not confirmed the attack.

Houthi sources also alleged US drone strikes targeted vehicles near Sanaa and Saada, and that their forces shot down an American MQ-9 drone over Hodeida. They claimed five deaths in earlier US strikes on Hodeida, though a maritime security firm disputed a reported hit on Ras Issa port.