Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that US and British strikes on the Huthis in Yemen were “disproportionate,” accusing the US and Britain of attempting to turn the Red Sea into a “bloodbath.”
“First and foremost, they are not proportional. “All of these are examples of disproportionate use of force,” Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul.
“It is as if they aspire to turn the Red Sea into a bloodbath.”
The strikes were carried out in response to Huthi attacks on what they perceived to be Israeli-linked ships traveling in the Red Sea.
Erdogan stated that his government had received information from various sources that the Huthis were conducting “successful defense and gave successful responses both to the US and Britain.”
