Bulletins and News Discussion from April 21st to April 27th, 2025 - JD Vance vs Pope Francis, No Items, Final Destination

US airstrikes continue on Yemen for the 42nd day and night in a row. Daytime airstrikes hit the following governorates:

Hodeidah (5):

• 4 on al-Salif port
• 1 near Hodeidah city

Nighttime airstrikes hit the following governorates:

Sana'a (8):

• 3 in Bani Matar.
• 5 in Nihm district.

Saada (5):

• 4 in Majz district.
• 1 in Sahar district.

Marib (7):

• 7 in Madghal.

Al-Mahwait (1):

• 1 in al-Tawilay district.

Warning for potential graphic imagery during ongoing airstrikes:

Al Masirah TV twitter

Xcancel mirror

Ansarallah also launched a medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) at Israel an hour ago of an unknown type, likely intercepted outside of Israeli as there is no footage of an impact or interception within Israeli airspace. The videos online are of interceptors being launched. Air raid sirens went off.

If anyone wants an idea of just how large modern military air to surface ordinance is, here are some pictures of 2000lb GBU-31 JDAMs (the bombs with the three yellow stripes at the tip), and 1000lb AGM-154C JSOW glide bombs (the winged bombs with the wings folded up) are, compared to the people loading these on the aircraft. JDAMs for the F-35Cs, JSOWs for the F/A-18E/F aircraft.

An unexploded 250lb class GBU-53 StormBreaker glide bomb was also found somewhere in Yemen. That intact seeker is likely on it's way to Iran by now.

As for statements by Ansarallah/Houthi/Yemeni leaders, I'd say to stick to statements made by the spokesperson of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, and largely ignore statements by the head of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat. Statements by Sare'e tend to be more grounded in reality, while statements by Al-Mashat are more propaganda for domestic consumption in Yemen that play fast and loose with the facts.