OPERASI ‘Decisive Storm' di YAMAN BerAkhir, FASA Baru dijalankan - KUASA yang dipimpin SAUDI . . .

Tentera Saudi yang dilihat dikerahkan di sepanjang sempadan dengan Arab Yemen April 21, 2015 (Saudi army are seen deployed along the Saudi border with Yemen April 21, 2015 (Reuters)

dIANa.h - Gabungan tentera yang diterajui Saudi telah selesai operasi ‘Decisive Storm' terhadap pemberontak Syiah Houthi di Yaman, kenyataan perintah tentera Saudi yang dipetik oleh media tempatan, kata.

Semua matlamat yang ditetapkan oleh ‘Decisive Storm' telah dicapai. Ini termasuk pemusnahan peluru berpandu balistik yang Houthis telah mengambil kawalan. Keputusan untuk menamatkan serangan datang berikutan permintaan oleh kerajaan Yaman, menurut jurucakap gabungan yang dipimpin Saudi.

Kempen anti-Houthi kini beralih ke satu fasa baru yang diberi nama kod 'Mengembalikan Harapan'/'Restoring Hope',, kata kenyataan itu, seperti yang dipetik oleh Arab milik Arabiya TV. Saudi Kementerian Pertahanan berkata ia akan memberi tumpuan kepada anti-keganasan, keselamatan dan mencari penyelesaian politik untuk krisis.

BACA lebih lanjut: Amerika Syarikat memantapkan kehadiran tentera laut luar Yaman di tengah-tengah ketegangan yang meningkat serantau READ MORE: US beefing up naval presence off Yemen amid rising regional tensions

Ini tidak, bagaimanapun, bermakna gencatan senjata akan diisytiharkan.

"Gabungan itu akan terus menghalang pergerakan militia Houthi dari bergerak atau menjalankan apa-apa operasi di dalam Yaman," kata jurucakap Arab Brigadier Jeneral Ahmed Asseri di ibu negara Saudi, Riyadh. Beliau menambah bahawa operasi pengeboman akan disambung semula jika perlu.

Operation 'Decisive Storm' in Yemen ends, new phase underway - Saudi-led forces . . .

The Saudi-led military coalition has completed operation 'Decisive Storm' against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, a statement by Saudi military command cited by local media, says.

All goals set by Decisive Storm have been achieved. These included the destruction of ballistic missiles the Houthis had taken control of. The decision to end the offensive comes following a request by the Yemeni government, according to the Saudi-led coalition spokesman.

The anti-Houthi campaign is now switching into a new phase codenamed 'Restoring Hope', the statement said, as cited by Saudi-owned Arabiya TV. The Saudi Defense Ministry says it is going to focus on anti-terrorism, security and finding a political solution to the crisis.

READ MORE: US beefing up naval presence off Yemen amid rising regional tensions

This does not, however, mean a ceasefire will be declared.

"The coalition will continue to prevent the movement of Houthi militias from moving or undertaking any operations inside Yemen," Saudi spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. He added that the bombing operation will resume if it is deemed necessary.

Tetapi laporan dari Yaman berkata saat-saat akhir sebelum yang dikatakan operasi, tentera bersekutu dipimpin Saudi masih mengebom sasaran tentera di Sana'a dan Aden. Futej dari Sanaa dan laporan dari Aden juga menunjukkan bahawa pengeboman gabungan itu dan serangan berterusan semalaman.

Sementara itu, bekas Presiden Yaman Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi telah mengeluarkan alamat video, di mana beliau mengucapkan terima kasih kepada gabungan itu untuk "menyokong kesahihannya."

Hadi juga mendakwa negara yang mempunyai "tiada pilihan selain untuk melawan pemberontak dari [yang] Ansar Allah [pergerakan] yang diadakan rampasan kuasa di negara ini," dan berazam untuk kembali ke Yaman dan "membina semula" itu. Ucapan televisyen disiarkan dari Riyadh, di mana Hadi kini dalam buangan.

But reports from Yemen said moments before the supposed end of the operation, Saudi-led coalition forces were still bombing military targets in Sanaa and Aden. Footage from Sanaa and reports from Aden also showed that the coalition bombing and shelling continued overnight.

Meanwhile, the ousted Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has issued a video address, in which he thanked the coalition for “supporting legitimacy.”

Hadi also claimed that the nation has “no other choice than to fight rebels from [the] Ansar Allah [movement] that staged a coup in the country,” and vowed to return to Yemen and “rebuild” it. The televised speech was aired from Riyadh, where Hadi is currently in exile.

UNICEF Yemen @UNICEF_Yemen

Keadaan kemanusiaan dalam bilangan: orang yang memerlukan bantuan kemanusiaan segera. (The humanitarian situation in numbers: people are in need for urgent humanitarian assistance. #YemenChildren #Yemen  4:36 AM - 22 Apr 2015

White House telah menyambut baik pengumuman Arab, mengatakan bahawa ia terus "menyokong semula proses politik PBB-dipermudahkan dan memudahkan bantuan kemanusiaan."

Tehran juga mengalu-alukan menghentikan kempen pengeboman, dengan Kementerian Luar Iran berkata konflik yang "tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan kekerasan" dan bahawa "gencatan senjata pasti mewakili satu langkah ke hadapan, yang akan menghentikan pembunuhan orang awam yang tidak bersalah dan tidak bersenjata," dilaporkan TASS .

Pemberontak Houthi, sementara itu, mengetepikan tuntutan Arab Saudi kempen pengeboman telah berjaya. Seorang anggota kanan Jawatankuasa Revolusi Houthi yang dipetik oleh agensi tuntutan menghentikan operasi mewakili "kegagalan serangan mereka dilancarkan." Pegawai Houthi berkata pemberontak tidak mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk mengekalkan gencatan senjata itu.

The White House has welcomed the Saudi announcement, saying that it continues to “support the resumption of a UN-facilitated political process and the facilitation of humanitarian assistance.”

Tehran also welcomed the halting of the bombing campaign, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry saying the conflict “cannot be resolved by force” and that the “ceasefire definitely represents a step forward, which will stop the killing of innocent and defenseless civilians,” TASS reported.

Houthi rebels, meanwhile, shrugged off Saudi Arabia’s claims the bombing campaign has been a success. A senior Houthi Revolutionary Committee member quoted by the agency claims halting the operation represents “a failure of the aggression they launched.” The Houthi official says the rebels have no responsibilities for maintaining the ceasefire.

Yemen Updates @yemen_updates

Prz Hadi Jika aku menyampaikan ucapan selepas tengah malam. Sesungguhnya tidak kepada rakyat #Yemen, yang tidak berkuasa dan lagi tenang untuk tidur (Prz Hadi gave a speech after midnight. Surely not to the people of #Yemen, who have no power and yet quiet to sleep).  6:45 AM - 22 Apr 2015

Pengumuman mengenai operasi itu menamatkan datang beberapa jam selepas Arab Saudi Raja Salman mengarahkan Pengawal Kebangsaan di negara ini untuk mengukuhkan sempadan dengan Yaman.

Sebelum itu, hanya tentera laut, tentera udara dan darat yang terlibat dalam operasi itu, penglibatan kedua ini terhad untuk mengawal sempadan. Pengawal Kebangsaan secara meluas dilihat sebagai kuasa yang terbaik di di pelupusan dan jawapan kepada kementerian sendiri berasingan daripada Kementerian Pertahanan Arab Saudi.

Arab Saudi dan sekutunya telah terlibat dalam kempen serangan udara dan sekatan tentera laut Yaman, mensasarkan anti-kerajaan pemberontak Houthi.

Houthis telah merampas kawalan Sana'a ibu negara, memandu Hadi Yaman bersembunyi di Arab Saudi, dan maju di bandar pelabuhan utama di Aden.

The announcement about the operation wrapping up comes hours after Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered the country's National Guard to reinforce the border with Yemen.

Before that, only the navy, air and ground forces were involved in the operation, the latter's involvement limited to controlling the border. The National Guard is widely seen as the best equipped force at Saudi Arabia's disposal and answers to its own ministry separate from the Ministry of Defense.

Saudi Arabia and its allies have been engaged in a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade of Yemen, targeting anti-government Houthi rebels.

The Houthis had seized control of the capital Sanaa, driving Yemen's Hadi into hiding in Saudi Arabia, and advanced on the major port city of Aden.

Washington mendedahkan pada hari Isnin ia akan menghantar 2 lagi kapal perang ke perairan Yemen, untuk membantu pasukan di sana. Pentagon berkata kapal sedang menjalankan rutin "operasi keselamatan maritim". Amerika Syarikat membantu Arab Saudi, tetapi tidak mengambil bahagian dalam kempen anti-Houthi secara langsung.

Sekurang-kurangnya 944 orang terbunuh dan 3487 cedera semasa konflik sebulan itu di Yaman, Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia melaporkan Selasa.

Kementerian Luar Iran mengalu-alukan yang terhenti kepada serangan udara.

"Kami berkata krisis di Yaman tidak mempunyai penyelesaian tentera, dan hentikanlah untuk membunuh orang yang tidak bersalah dan tidak bersenjata sememangnya satu langkah ke hadapan," kata Marzieh Afkham, seorang jurucakap kementerian itu, menurut agensi berita ISNA separuh rasmi.

Washington revealed on Monday it would be sending two more warships into waters off Yemen, to bolster its force there. The Pentagon said the vessels are conducting routine "maritime security operations". The US is assisting Saudi Arabia, but not taking part in the anti-Houthi campaign directly.

At least 944 people have been killed and 3,487 injured during the month-long conflict in Yemen, World Health Organization reported Tuesday.

Iran's Foreign Ministry welcomed a halt to the airstrikes.

"We said the crisis in Yemen had no military solution, and a halt to killing innocent and defenseless people is absolutely a step forward," said Marzieh Afkham, a spokeswoman for the ministry, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

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Radioaktif Drone didapati di bumbung pejabat Perdana Menteri JEPUN . . .

Polis dan pegawai2 keselamatan berdiri di sekitar terpal meliputi Drone yang di atas bumbung kediaman rasmi Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe di Tokyo April 22, 2015 (Police and security officials stand around a tarpaulin covering a drone on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo April 22, 2015 (Reuters/Toru Hanai)

dIANa.h - Drone ditandakan dengan tanda radioaktif dan dilengkapi dengan kamera, suar dan botol air, ditemui di atas bumbung pejabat Perdana Menteri Jepun Shinzo Abe Tokyo. Satu siasatan polis sedang dijalankan.

Sekumpulan pegawai kementerian dan keselamatan dapat dilihat berkumpul di sekitar UAV di atas bumbung, kerana ia telah diliputi oleh kain terpal biru. Futej dari penyiar NHK pertama menunjukkan peranti dengan empat kipas, iaitu kira-kira 50cm lebar.

Sangat rendah tahap sesium radioaktif berpunca daripada Drone, tetapi adalah terlalu rendah untuk menyebabkan apa-apa kemudaratan yang sebenar kepada manusia.

Kandungan botol yang disertakan dengan mesin tidak dinyatakan.

Radioactive DRONE Found on JAPAN PM’s Office ROOF . . .

A drone marked with the radioactive sign and equipped with a camera, flare and water bottle, was found on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Tokyo office. A police investigation is underway.

A group of ministry officials and security could be seen huddled around the UAV on the rooftop, as it was covered by a blue tarpaulin. Footage from broadcaster NHK first showed a device with four propellers, which was about 50cm wide.

Very low levels of radioactive cesium emanate from the drone, but are too low to cause any real harm to humans.

The contents of the bottle attached to the machine have not been disclosed.

Pegawai2 membawa kotak biru yang media tempatan melaporkan mengandungi Drone dari atas bumbung kediaman rasmi Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe di Tokyo April 22, 2015 (Officials carry a blue box that local media reported contains a drone from the rooftop of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo April 22, 2015 (Reuters/Toru Hanai)

UAV telah ditemui kira-kira 10:30 oleh seorang pekerja, pejabat Abe berkata dalam satu kenyataan, menurut Japan Times.

Polis telah dipanggil dengan segera dan siasatan dikesan peringkat kecil radiasi.

Satu sambungan mungkin boleh berterusan warganegara penolakan kebergantungan kerajaan terhadap tenaga nuklear, terutama berikutan 2011 Fukushima bencana nuklear.

PM mengatasi halangan undang-undang lain dalam perjalanan ke pembukaan semula kemudahan nuklear Jepun Rabu lalu, sebagai mahkamah menolak permohonannya untuk menyekat stesen kuasa Sendai daripada pembukaan semula, untuk paduan suara penolakan.

The UAV was discovered about 10:30am by an employee, Abe’s office said in a statement, according to the Japan Times.

Police were called immediately and an investigation detected small levels of radiation.

One possible connection could be continuing citizen disapproval of the government’s reliance on nuclear energy, especially following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The PM overcame another legal hurdle on the way to reopening Japan’s nuclear facilities last Wednesday, as a court rejected the bid to block the Sendai power station from reopening, to a chorus of disapproval.

Polis dan pegawai keselamatan menyiasat sebuah drone yang tidak dikenali (yang dilindungi di bawah lembaran biru) yang terdapat di atas bumbung kediaman rasmi Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe di Tokyo, dalam foto ini diambil oleh Kyodo April 22, 2015 (Police and security officers investigate an unidentified drone (covered under a blue sheet) which was found on the rooftop of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 22, 2015 (Reuters/Kyodo)

Abe adalah di Indonesia minggu ini, menandakan ulang tahun ke-60 Persidangan Asia-Afrika.

Kementerian Pengangkutan telah menekankan bagaimana kejadian itu merupakan satu bukti kepada peraturan-peraturan penerbangan Drone lemah. Drone menjadi sentiasa ada di seluruh DUNIA, manakala mereka boleh didapati secara meluas di kedai-kedai di seluruh Jepun. Pada masa ini, pengendali drone hanya perlu memaklumkan kepada pihak berkuasa penerbangan jika mereka merancang untuk terbang peranti pada ketinggian yang lebih tinggi daripada 250 meter (kira-kira 820 kaki). Jika tidak, undang-undang hanya meliputi terbang di sebelah atau di atas lapangan terbang, dan juga apabila laluan penerbangan diperuntukkan untuk pesawat lain menceroboh.

Satu-satunya kejadian yang lain seperti ini sejak kebelakangan ini melibatkan pendaratan Drone quadcopter atas rumput White House di Washington, DC.

Abe is in Indonesia this week, marking the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference.

The Transport Ministry has already highlighted how the incident is a testament to weak drone flight regulations. Drones are becoming ubiquitous worldwide, while they are widely available in shops throughout Japan. Currently, a drone operator only has to inform aviation authorities if they plan to fly a device at altitudes higher than 250 meters (about 820 feet). Otherwise, the law only extends to flying next to or over an airport, as well as when flight routes set aside for other aircraft are encroached on.

The only other incident of this sort in recent times involved a quadrocopter drone landing on the White House lawn in Washington, DC.

READ MORE: Commercial drone regulations to be proposed by US senator Peraturan komersil Drone yang akan dicadangkan oleh senator Amerika Syarikat

Amerika Syarikat merupakan antara yang pertama untuk menyedari kepentingan peraturan Drone. Ia telah menjanjikan perubahan untuk 2015 tahun yang lalu. Sekarang FAA sedang menyiapkan buku peraturan mengenai penggunaan drone komersial di Amerika Syarikat.

The US has been among the first to recognize the importance of drone regulations. It was promising changes for 2015 a year ago. Now the FAA is finalizing the rule book on commercial drone usage in the United States.

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VIDEO Siasat Feds US Marshal MEMUSNAHKAN Kamera WANITA . . .

Still from YouTube video/Dee Jay

dIANa.h - Seorang wanita California telah merakam video penangkapan dalam Los Angeles pinggir bandar baru-baru ini apabila seorang pegawai polis toting dikenakan terhadap beliau dan dimusnahkan peranti rakamannya. Sekarang pihak berkuasa persekutuan berkata, mereka sedang menyiasat kejadian itu.

Rakaman video muncul di internet pada hujung minggu, menunjukkan bagaimana pertemuan mula terserlah semasa di bandar South Gate, yang beberapa batu dari pusat bandar Los Angeles.

Dalam klip 53-scond, seorang wanita dilihat memegang apa yang kelihatan sebagai sebuah kamera kecil atau telefon bimbit di hadapan mukanya, dengan aktiviti polis yang berlaku kira-kira 15 kaki di hadapannya. Separuh jalan melalui rakaman, seorang pegawai dengan senapang di tunda bergegas ke arah wanita itu dan mencapai peranti.

Bunyi kuat adalah boleh didengar oleh pegawai memecahkan kamera di atas tanah dan tendang ia jauh. Beliau kemudiannya difilemkan berjalan jauh dari tempat kejadian sebagai seorang wanita yang pergi untuk mengambil apa yang tinggal peranti beliau.

Feds investigating video of US Marshal 

destroying woman’s camera . . .

A California woman was videotaping an arrest in a Los Angeles suburb recently when a rifle-toting police officer charged towards her and destroyed the recording device. Now federal authorities say they’re investigating the incident.

The video footage surfaced on the internet over the weekend, showing how the encounter unfolded in the city of South Gate, which is a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.

In the 53-scond clip, a woman is seen holding what appears to be a small camera or cellphone in front of her face, with the police activity occurring around 15 feet in front of her. Halfway through the recording, an officer with a rifle in tow rushed towards the woman and reached for the device.

A loud noise is audible as the officer smashes the camera on the ground and boots it away. He was then filmed walking away from the scene as the woman went to pick up what was left of her device.

"Adakah anda merakam itu?" Dia bertanya pada pitanya.

Rakaman yang diambil daripada kaki dari sini telah dimuat naik ke YouTube pada hari Ahad dan ditonton lebih 40,000 kali dalam tempoh 48 jam. Pada hari Selasa, NBC News reported bahawa kejadian itu adalah di bawah siasatan.

Pegawai yang bergegas ke arah perempuan itu telah dikenal pasti sebagai ahli Marsyal  Amerika Syarikat, NBC dilaporkan. Jurucakap agensi itu memberitahu rangkaian televisyen yang video "sedang dikaji semula."

Jabatan Los Angeles County Sheriff memberitahu NBC mereka juga menyiasat kejadian itu.

Menurut NBC, Amerika Syarikat Marsyal telah menjalankan 6 tangkapan di South Gate manakala wanita yang cuba untuk filemkannya. Ia tidak lagi jelas jika dia telah diminta untuk menghentikan rakaman sebelum apabila rakaman YouTube bermula, atau jika polis telah menawarkan beliau amaran dalam apa jua bentuk.

"Saya mempunyai hak untuk berada di sini. Anda membuat saya berasa tidak selamat, "wanita itu kedengaran berkata dalam klip itu sebelum dikenakan oleh pegawai itu.

“Did you record that?” she asks on tape.

Footage taken from a few feet away was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday and watched over 40,000 times in 48 hours. On Tuesday, NBC News reported that the incident was under investigation.

The officer that rushed towards the woman has been identified as a member of the United States Marshals, NBC reported. A spokesperson for the agency told the television network that the video “is being reviewed.”

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told NBC they are also investigating the event.

According to NBC, US Marshals were conducting six arrests in South Gate while the woman attempted to film. It’s not yet clear if she was asked to stop recording prior to when the YouTube footage begins, or if the police had offered her a warning of any kind.

“I have the right to be here. You’re making me feel unsafe,” the woman is heard saying in the clip before being charged by the officer.

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Kereta Api Maglev Jepun MENETAPKAN Rekod DUNIA baru dengan UJIAN Berkelajuan 603kph (VIDEO) . . .

dIANa.h - Ketika datang ke kereta api laju, Jepun mengambil kepujian atas. Maglev - singkatan 'pengangkatan magnet' - kereta api telah menetapkan rekod kelajuan DUNIA semasa ujian dijalankan berhampiran Gunung Fuji, catatan masa lebih 600kph (373mph).

Rekod baru datang kurang daripada seminggu selepas kereta api 7 kereta mencatatkan 590kph, memecahkan rekod 2003 sendiri 581kph.

Maglev yang berlegar 10cm di atas trek dan digerakkan oleh magnet bercas elektrik.

Japan's maglev train sets new world record 

with 603kph test run (VIDEO) . . .

When it comes to fast trains, Japan takes top honors. A trailblazing maglev - short for ‘magnetic levitation’ - train has set a world speed record during a test run near Mount Fuji, clocking over 600kph (373mph).

The new record comes less than a week after the seven-car train clocked 590kph, breaking its own 2003 record of 581kph.

The maglev hovers 10cm above the tracks and is propelled by electrically charged magnets.

Cabaran bagi syarikat Central Japan Railway adalah untuk mempunyai kereta api dalam perkhidmatan pada tahun 2027 untuk beberapa perjalanan 286km antara Tokyo dan pusat bandar Nagoya. Perkhidmatan itu, yang akan berjalan pada kelajuan tertinggi 500kph kosmik, dijangka menyambung kedua-dua bandar raya di 40 minit. Ia adalah kurang daripada separuh masa perjalanan sekarang untuk Shinkansen kereta api peluru.

2045, kereta Maglev dijangka menghubungkan Tokyo dan Osaka dalam hanya 1 jam dan 7 minit, pemotongan masa perjalanan pada separuhnya, Japan Times melaporkan.

Sementara itu, kos pembinaan garisan yang berdedikasi telah dianggarkan sehingga $ 100 bilion bagi hanya regangan untuk Nagoya, dengan lebih 80 % peratus daripada laluan yang ditetapkan untuk pergi melalui terowong mahal.

Jepun mahu menjual peluru dan magnet sistem kereta api Shinkansen di luar negara untuk memulihkan ekonomi negara, sebahagiannya melalui eksport infrastruktur. Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe mungkin menolak teknologi untuk link rel berkelajuan tinggi antara New York dan Washington semasa lawatan yang akan datang ke Amerika pada hujung minggu ini.

The challenge for the Japan Railway Central company is to have a train in service in 2027 to travel some 286km between Tokyo and the central city of Nagoya. The service, which would run at a top cosmic speed of 500kph, is expected to connect the two cities in 40 minutes. It's less than half the present journey time for the Shinkansen bullet trains.

By 2045, maglev trains are expected to link Tokyo and Osaka in just one hour and seven minutes, slashing the journey time in half, the Japan Times reported.

Meanwhile, construction costs for the dedicated lines have been estimated at up to $100 billion for just the stretch to Nagoya, with over 80 percent of the route set to go through pricey tunnels.

Japan wants to sell its Shinkansen bullet and magnetic train systems overseas to revive the country's economy, partly through infrastructure exports. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to push the technology for a high-speed rail link between New York and Washington during his upcoming visit to America this weekend.

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Amerika Syarikat memantapkan KEHADIRAN tentera laut LUAR Yaman di tengah-tengah KETEGANGAN Serantau MENINGKAT . . .

USS Theodore Roosevelt (Reuters/Mark Wessels)

dIANa.h - Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat telah menghantar 2 kapal perang ke perairan Yaman untuk menjalankan operasi keselamatan maritim. 'Namun, Washington menafikan ianya telah dihantar untuk memintas sebuah konvoi tentera laut Iran yang didakwa membawa senjata untuk anti-kerajaan kuasa-kuasa Houthi.

Pentagon berkata dalam satu kenyataan pada hari Isnin bahawa pengangkut pesawat USS Theodore Roosevelt dan cruiser pengiring yang USS Normandy telah singgah dari Teluk Parsi ke Laut Arab pada 19 April.

"Theodore Roosevelt dan Normandy telah menyertai tentera Amerika Syarikat lain menjalankan operasi keselamatan maritim di Laut Arab, Teluk Aden, Selat Bab-el-Mandeb dan Selatan Laut Merah," yang berbunyi kata kenyataan itu.

Ia memetik "ketidakstabilan semasa di Yaman" sebagai alasan untuk bergerak. Seorang jurucakap Pentagon, Kolonel Steve Warren menafikan laporan bahawa kapal berada di misi untuk memintas senjata Iran penghantaran ke Yaman pemberontak Houthi.

Sumber Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat sebelum ini berkata terdapat kira-kira 9 Amerika Syarikat kapal di luar pantai Yaman, menurut AP. Ini berikutan laporan dalam akhbar The Hill memetik pegawai Pentagon bahawa Iran telah menghantar 9 kapal perang ke arah Yaman.

Mereka menambah bahawa beberapa kapal Iran didakwa membawa senjata untuk membekalkan pemberontak Houthi. Tehran belum mengulas tentang tuduhan, walaupun ia mengatakan kapal-kapal mereka berada di rantau ini untuk membantu memerangi lanun.

Satu gabungan diketuai Saudi telah mengenakan sekatan tentera laut di seluruh negara, di samping kempen pengeboman, kerana ia bertujuan untuk melawan terhadap pemberontak Syiah Houthi.

Serangan udara yang terkini mencecah pangkalan peluru berpandu di pinggir bandar ibu Yemani Sanaa, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 25 orang dan mencederakan hampir 400.

BACA lebih lanjut: 25 terbunuh, hampir 400 cedera dalam pangkalan peluru berpandu pengeboman di Yaman READ MORE: 25 killed, almost 400 wounded in missile base bombing in Yemen

US beefing up naval presence off Yemen amid 

rising regional tensions . . .

The US Navy has sent two warships to Yemeni waters to conduct ‘maritime security operations.’ However, Washington denies they have been sent to intercept an alleged Iranian naval convoy carrying weapons for Houthi anti-government forces.

The Pentagon said in a statement on Monday that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its escort cruiser USS Normandy have transited from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea on April 19.

"Theodore Roosevelt and Normandy have joined other US forces conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb and the Southern Red Sea," the statement reads.

It cited the "current instability in Yemen" as the reason for the move. A spokesman for the Pentagon, Colonel Steve Warren denied reports that the ships were on a mission to intercept Iranian arms shipments to Yemeni Houthi rebels.

A US Navy source had earlier said there were around nine US ships off Yemen’s coast, according to AP. This followed a report in The Hill newspaper citing Pentagon officials that Iran had sent nine warships to towards Yemen.

They added that some of the Iranian vessels were allegedly carrying weapons to supply the Houthi rebels. Tehran has not commented on the accusations, though it did say their ships were in the region to help the fight against piracy.

A Saudi-led coalition has already imposed a naval blockade around the country, in addition to its bombing campaign, as it seeks to fight back against Shia Houthi rebels.

The latest airstrikes hit a missile base in the suburbs of the Yemani capital Sanaa, killing at least 25 people and wounding almost 400.

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