Roundup: U.S. conducts 29 fresh airstrikes on Yemen as Houthi leader threatens retaliation

SANAA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. army launched 29 airstrikes on Houthi targets in northern Yemen early Saturday, while Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Houthi Revolutionary Committee, vowed to retaliate. According to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the pre-dawn U.S. raids hit several locations in and around the capital Sanaa, as well as the provinces of Saada and Al-Jawf. No casualties have been reported yet as the Houthi group rarely discloses its losses. The fresh airstrikes followed a de