Yemen’s Houthis claim dozens killed in US strike on prison holding African migrants

We are very deliberate in our operational approach but will not reveal specifics about what we've done or what we will do,

CENTCOM stated Monday, before the alleged strike on the Saada detention center

The U.S. administration bears full responsibility for the heinous crime against African migrants. Targeting civilians and innocent migrants is a crime added to the record of U.S. crimes against the Yemeni people and humanity at large."

Houthi-controlled Yemeni Interior Ministry, as quoted by Al-Masirah Channel in Arabic

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The reported high civilian casualty numbers from U.S. strikes in Yemen demonstrate a serious disregard for civilian life, and call into question this Administration's ability to conduct military operations in accordance with U.S. best practices for civilian harm mitigation and international law."

Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren and Tim Kaine wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday

In the name of God.”

A woman’s voice, soft in the footage, can be heard repeating the start of a prayer in Arabic

The coalition should have avoided any attack on that facility,

the U.N. report added

We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region,

it added

Civil defense teams and the Red Crescent are continuing their efforts at the scene of the American crime,

it said

The civil defence has announced that 68 African migrants were killed and 47 others wounded in the US attack targeting a centre for illegal migrants in the city of Saada,

the Huthis' Al-Masirah TV said

Thirty bodies were pulled from the rubble of a detention center for African migrants,

Al-Masirah TV said, also citing an interior ministry statement reporting dozens of dead and wounded

Eight martyrs, including children and women,

the channel reported after the attack that targeted the Thaqban area in Bani al-Harith

To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations,

Central Command said Monday

Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support to the Houthis,

the statement said

A field campaign will be implemented in coordination with the security authorities to arrest anyone who sells, trades, uses, operates, installs or possesses these prohibited terminals,

the Houthis warned

U.S. strikes destroyed the ability of Ras Isa Port to accept fuel which will begin to impact Houthi ability to not only conduct operations, but also to generate millions of dollars in revenue for their terror activities,

it said

The strikes have destroyed multiple command-and-control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities, and advanced weapons storage locations,

CENTCOM said

Since the start of Operation Rough Rider, USCENTCOM has struck over 800 targets. These strikes have killed hundreds of Huthi fighters and numerous Huthi leaders,

the military command responsible for the Middle East said in a statement