US Airstrike Targets Houthi Missile Site in Abyan Province
On May 5, a US-led coalition airstrike targeted a Houthi missile launch site in southern Yemen’s Abyan province. The strike followed repeated threats from Houthi officials to shutter the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if regional hostilities against Iran and Lebanon escalated further. While no casualties were immediately confirmed from the Abyan strike, the move signals a preemptive posture against the group’s maritime threats. Houthi leadership reiterated that the strait closure remains a viable 'Yemeni option' should aggression against the Axis of Resistance continue.