Hotis blames us for air strikes they say killed at least 68 people in immigration detention center
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Monday that U.S. air strikes hit a prison with African immigrants, killing at least 68 people and injuring 47 people.
A strike in Sada Province, Yemen, could raise questions about the U.S. campaign, called “Operation Rough Rider”, a movement that has been targeting Houthi rebels. Washington has sparked controversy after Donald Trump administration officials discussed sensitive and possibly sensitive details of previous attacks on signaling messaging applications.
The U.S. military admitted to more than 800 strikes in the month-long campaign. A statement earlier in the U.S. weekend said that the “Rough Rider” “killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders”, including those related to its missile and drone programs. It did not identify any officers.
“To keep operations safe, we deliberately restrict details of what we are doing or future operations,” the Central Command said. “Our operation method is very intentional, but will not disclose details about what we are doing or what we are going to do.”
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It did not immediately answer the Associated Press questions about Sada’s strike.
The United States is targeting Husseus due to the group’s transport to the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route and Israeli attacks. Husseus was also the last militant group of Iran’s self-proclaimed resistance axis, able to attack Israel regularly.
“Iran undoubtedly continues to support Hushis.” “Hushis can only continue to attack our forces with the support of the Iranian regime.”
It added: “We will continue to increase the pressure until we reach our target, which remains a recovery for freedom of navigation and U.S. deterrence in the region.”
Despite the ongoing hostilities, the Trump administration has begun negotiations with Hotis’ main benefactor Iran on Tehran’s rapidly developing nuclear program.
The U.S. strikes Yemen on two aircraft carriers in the region – Harry S. in the Red Sea On April 18, the U.S. strike on Ras Isa fuel port killed at least 74 people and injured 171 people in the deadliest attack in the U.S. campaign.
Meanwhile, US air strikes against the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least eight people overnight.
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Three years ago, an immigration center hit by an air strike
Graphic footage aired by Houthis’ Al-Masirah satellite news channel shows what appears to be a corpse and others were injured at the scene. The Houthi-run Interior Ministry said about 115 immigrants were detained at the site.
Live footage analyzed by AP shows that some kind of explosion occurred there, with its cement wall appearing to be stabbed by debris and wounds suffered by those people. A woman’s voice can be heard softly in the camera, repeating the beginning of the Arabic prayer: “In the name of God.”
Ethiopians and other African immigrants have landed in Yemen over the years, bravely trying to reach Saudi Arabia to work. Houthi rebels allegedly smuggled immigrants on the border every week.
Immigrants from Ethiopia found themselves detained, abused and even killed in 2015 during a multi-year war between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels.
Monday’s strike recalled a similar strike in the same compound in 2022 by the Saudi-led coalition, which caused a collapse, causing 66 detainees and injured 113 people. The Houthi shot and killed 16 detainees, fled after a strike and injured 50 people, the United Nations said.
