4 minutes agoUS conducts attacks on Yemen, Huth rebels reported dozens of victims
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The U.S. Army said it destroyed a key fuel port in Yemen, under the control of the Huth rebels. According to the rebels, the U.S. air strikes have killed at least 38 people and 102 others have been injured. US Army Central Command (Centcom) said US forces carried out attacks at the port of [...]
The U.S. Army said it destroyed a key fuel port in Yemen, under the control of the Huth rebels. According to the rebels, the U.S. air strikes have killed at least 38 people and 102 others have been injured.
U.S. Central Army Command (Centcom) said US forces carried out attacks at Ras Isa port in order to remove the rebels Huthi ʹ who backed from Iran an important source of fuel supplies and deprive them of their fuel insurance revenues, transmits Periscope.
The aim of these attacks was to weaken the economic source of the Huth rebels' power, who continue to exploit and cause great suffering to their countrymen”, the Centcom statement said.
“This attack was not intended to harm Yemeni people, who rightly want to be freed from the oppression of the Huth rebels and live in peace”, the American Army added.
US air strikes have hit the rebels hard. The US launched an air campaign at US President Donald Trump's orders on March 15th against the Huth rebels in order to stop the rebels' attacks on commercial ships and military ships at the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The attack by the Genens rebels has prevented trade shipments through the Suez Canal a vital route to global trade across the sea by forcing many companies to change transport routes.
The Huth rebels have condemned the American attacks.
This completely unjustified aggression constitutes an open violation of Yemen's sovereignty and independence and a direct attack on all of the peoples, the rebel statement, which was broadcast by the state agency SABA, controlled by them. “He targeted a vital civilian target that has served the Yemenians for decades,”.
Health Ministry spokesman Anées Alesbahi said that emergency workers were among the victims.
The number of casualties will likely increase, as it is still continuing to identify”, Alabama said.
This reported number of victims represents the highest rate of reported victims since Trump promised to carry out military action against the rebels until they no longer posed a threat to shipping.
The port of Ras Isa lies along the west coast of Yemen at the Red Sea.
Centcom said ships have continued to supply fuel through this port, despite the rebels being declared terrorist organisation by Washington earlier this year. /REL
