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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Alasdair Soussi

Can US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis be justified as ‘self-defence’?

Smoke rises in the sky following United States-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on February 25, 2024 [Adel Al Khader/Reuters]

Israel has used it as justification for the slaughter of more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza – with thousands more lost under the rubble and presumed dead – in under five months.

And, now, the United States has used it to justify its air strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen.

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