Sana, Yemen – Mukhtar Ahmed was riding his bike in the northern Geraph region in the Gerav area when the earth shook under it. thunderous The explosions repeated through the air, followed by the screaming sound.

It was Saturday after sunset, while people were at home to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan

“I got out of the bike and retreated towards an alley. I thought it would be impossible to survive,” said 26 -year -old. “Huge terrorism can be killed from these explosions.”

Mukhtar had no idea what caused a deaf screaming hearing through the dense capital. But it came later to realize, The United States was bombing Yemen.

A wave of US air strikes has killed more than 50 people.

The bombs were bombed near the political bureau of the Houthi rebel group (officially known as Ansar Allah), the actual rulers of northwestern Yemen.

It was an ongoing start The bombing campaign for us It can enter into a new stage of war and instability of Yemen.

Who can stop the United States?

On March 7, a week before the start of the American strikes, the Houthis gave Israel Four -day deadline To lift the siege when entering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. If this does not happen, the Yemeni group promised to resume attacking ships associated with Israel in the Red Sea with solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

These attacks stopped when the ceasefire began in Gaza now in January, but for 15 months before that, the Houthis were shipped in one of the most important waterways in the world and fired projectiles towards Israel.

The United Kingdom and the United States have launched hundreds of air strikes on the Houthi targets, including arms depots, missile launch platforms and airports. Israel also attacked Yemen.

The apparent purpose of these attacks was to “destroy” military capabilities The Houthis present from Iran.

But renewed American air strikes have struck residential areas where senior Houthi members are believed to reside, showing little respect for civil life.

Second, the Houthis did not carry out any attacks despite their threat.

With this shift during the era of US President Donald Trump, fears of war, criticism and displacement of Yemeni civilians, who have been exposed to years of hardship since the beginning of the country’s civil war in 2014 between the Houthis and the Yemeni -backed Yemeni government and United Nations.

The conflict on the ground in Yemen has been largely frozen since 2022 with the Houthis and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participating in the negotiations. But these talks did not do much to end the humanitarian crisis in the country, as millions of people are hungry.

Many Yemenis now believe that things will get worse and enhance the fear of Trump’s speech.

“Hell will rain on you like anything you haven’t seen before,” the US president said in a threat to the Houthis.

As for Mukhtar, it is feared that Gaza has set a precedent for how to make bombing campaigns in the region.

“The United States is like Israel, and Hamas is like the Houthis,” Mukhtar said, “So if the US war continues, the United States will act as what Israel has done in Gaza. Who will stop them?”

Fear of chaos

On a loud street in Mine in West SANA, Faisal Mohamed carried a blue bag filled with new clothes for his five children, purchased in preparation for Eid Al Fitr, which is expected to fall on March 30.

But Faisal, 38, says that the feast will be overwhelmed by American attacks. He is afraid of what will come.

He said: “The Americans aim to kill Houthi officials who run SANA and other provinces.” “killing [Houthi] Driving will cause chaos, and this will harm us. “

The Houthis took control of SANA in September 2014. Since then, the group has firmly The same guaranteed And fixed herself in the battlefield.

But as the United States intensifies AttacksHouthi competitors may see that the tide is in their favor – and this worries Faisal.

Faisal said: “The pro -government forces can be stimulated through US air strikes and start pushing towards Houthi -controlled provinces,” Faisal said. “This will mean a comprehensive civil war and an additional cycle of misery.”

Faisal thought about leaving Sana and moving to a safer area.

Faisal said: “The Houthis will not surrender, and their Yemeni competitors will not retreat, if it is supported by America,” said Faisal. “It will be disastrous.”

Prices and explosions

In Bani Hoshish on the northeastern suburbs of SANA, Ali Abdullah filled the gas cylinder at a cooking gas station, but he did not plan to use it. It was stored in anticipation of possible high prices.

“We are afraid of sudden prices,” he said.

Even before the renewed bombing of us, Washington’s actions left Yemen-especially its Houthi-controlled areas-in an unstable situation.

In January, Trump redesigned the Houthis as a “foreign terrorist organization” (FTO) because of their attacks on the shipping of the Red Sea and Israel.

“FTO presses the largest economy, which limits access to international financing, which makes it difficult for traders to obtain credit letters and secure to import everything from food and fuel to home commodities and beyond,” books April Longley Alley, a great expert in the Gulf and Yemen at the American Peace Institute.

challenge

The Houthis are unlikely, after they launched a year -old bombing campaign and defended their final victory, at least in the short term.

The group supporters gathered in SANA on Monday in a challenge to the United States, where many of them are waving firearms.

Muhammad, the Houthi fighter, who only wanted to give his first name, said that the US bombing of Yemen was evidence that the United States was “a usual aggressor.”

“The Americans seek to intimidate us and insult us. But this will not happen,” he said, standing with a gun on his shoulder near a market in central SANA.

“We were not born to live forever,” he added. “We will definitely die. It is better to die with honor. Honor faces an arrogant aggressor like the United States.”

The anti -United States feelings have increased in Yemen over the past months. Support American support for the Israeli war on Gaza and air damage to Yemeni cities that fed discontent.

Houthi leadership is still challenging. Al -Houthi Abdul -Malik Al -Houthi warned in a televised speech on Sunday that the American attacks would only lead to more violence.

“We will face escalation with the escalation,” he said.

This speech has a lot in Sana fears what will come.

Mukhtar is still haunted by what he saw and heard on Saturday. He asked loudly about what happened to the civilians who were killed when the bombs were struck. “They must have turned into ashes,” he answered himself, worrying that this is what the future will attend.

Mukhtar said: “The Houthis are stubborn, and Trump is reckless.” “The result will be catastrophic – deaths, injuries, food deficiency, fuel and fearless fear.

“Today, we are desperate for peace – nothing else.”