Britain’s interest and interference in Yemen goes back to 2014. From Kit Klarenberg at kitklarenberg.com:
On March 15th, Yemen was battered with airstrikes, described as a “wicked” act of Anglo-American aggression by spokespeople for AnsarAllah. The blitzkrieg, which overwhelmingly targeted residential areas, killed at least 31 civilians and injured over 100 more. In a characteristically bombastic outburst, US President Donald Trump declared the “decisive and powerful military action” was launched in response to “relentless assaults” on Western shipping and “American vessels.” He pledged Washington would continue to “use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.”
That objective is of course to smash AnsarAllah’s anti-genocide blockade in the Red Sea, restarted March 11th due to the Zionist entity’s refusal to allow vital humanitarian aid into Gaza. It is a goal shared by Britain, which has eagerly abetted US military actions against AnsarAllah ever since October 7th, the pair conducting joint airstrikes on Yemen on five separate occasions in the first half of 2024. London was also one of few nations that actively participated in the embarrassingly failed, US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian.
Yet, Western news outlets have either omitted, or downplayed, Britain’s role in the latest burst of belligerence targeting Yemen. On March 16th, The Guardian reported US airstrikes against Sanaa “may continue for weeks”, making no reference to British involvement at all. Simultaneously, the BBC claimed outright London “did not participate” in the previous day’s bombing, but merely provided “routine refuelling support for the US.” There are strong grounds to disregard this diminution.
