Dozens killed in the US blow to a Yemeni migrant center, says Hutis

At least 68 people were killed in an air strike at the US at an African migrant detention center in Huti-controlled northwestern Yemen, says the armed group’s television channel.

Al Masira reported that 47 people were injured, most of them critically when the Saada Center was bombed. He publishes graphic footage showing numerous bodies covered with the ruins of a destroyed building.

There was no immediate comment from the US military.

But it came hours after the US Central Command announced that its forces had hit more than 800 targets, as President Donald Trump ordered an increase in the air campaign against Huti on March 15.

It says strikes have “killed hundreds of Huti fighter jets and numerous Huti leaders”, including senior employees who control missile and drone programs.

Houthi authorities said strikes had killed dozens of civilians but reported a few casualties among group members.

Earlier this month, Huti’s Health Ministry said a series of US air strikes at the RAS ISA oil terminal on the Red Sea coast killed at least 74 people and injured 171 othersS

Centcom said the attack has destroyed RAS ISA’s ability to accept fuel and that it will start to influence Houthi’s ability not only to carry out operations, but also to generate millions of dollars revenue for their terrorist activities. “

Last month, Trump ordered large -scale blows to Huti -controlled areas and threatened that they would be “completely destroyed”. He also warned Iran not to arm the group – something he had repeatedly denied to do.

On Sunday, Centcom said it “will continue to increase the pressure until the target is fulfilled, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and US determination in the region.”

Since November 2023, Huti has been targeting dozens of commercial vessels with rockets, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They have sank two ships, seized others and killed four crew members.

The Hutists said they were acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and claimed – often false – that they were targeted only to ships related to Israel, the United States or the United Kingdom.

The Hutians were not deterred by the deployment of Western warships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Adena to protect merchant ships last year or from numerous circles of US strikes ordered by former President Joe Biden.

After taking office in January, Trump referred Huti as a “foreign terrorist organization” – a status that the Biden administration has been abolished because of what it says is the need to mitigate the country’s humanitarian crisis.

In the last decade, Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that escalates when Huti has conquered control of the northwestern part of the country by an internationally recognized government and a coalition led by Saudi Ara, supported by the United States, which has intervened in an attempt to restore its rule.

The battles have been reported to have left over 150,000 people and caused a humanitarian disaster, with 4.8 million displaced and 19.5 million – half of the population – in need of some form of help.