Sanaa, Yemen:
The US Army said that it had destroyed a major Yemeni fuel port because it targets the country Hawthi The rebels, who said on Friday that 20 people were killed in attacks. The US Army said that the attack on Ras Isa Fuel Port said the US Army, to cut the source of supply and money to the Iran -backed Hothis. Washington has mentioned the halts with near-the-class airstrikes from 15 March with a near-a-circle airstrikes in a dialect to end its attacks on civil shipping and military ships in the Gulf of Aden. The rebels began their attacks in the end of 2023, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The US Central Command (Central Command) said in a statement, “US forces took action to end this source of fuel for Iran -backed Huthi terrorists and deprive them of illegal revenue, which has funded Hathi’s efforts to terrorize the entire region for 10 years.”
“The purpose of these attacks was to degrade the economic source of the power of the Huthi, who continue to exploit their fellow countrymen and continue to hurt a lot,” said Saintcom.
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Washington, despite nominating a foreign terrorist organization to the rebels earlier this year, continued the fuel supply through the port of RAS ISSA “, the military command said without specifying the fuel source.
Anees Alasbahi, a spokesman for the Hurti Health Ministry, said the counting of early death was at 20, including five paramedics. He said that “after the aggression of the US, there were 50 injured workers and employees at Ras Isa Oil Port”, he said on X.
He said, “The toll of death is likely to increase as body parts are still being identified,” he said.
Fire ball
In images broadcast by the rebels’s Al-Masira Channel in early Friday, which was presented as “the first images of US aggression” against the port, a fireball burnt the area around the ships, while the thick columns of smoke rose as an ongoing explosion.
“Civil Defense Rescue teams and paramedics victims are making every effort to find and remove and extinguish the fire,” Alasbi said.
The port is located along the west coast of Yemen on the Red Sea.
The Hurti attacks have obstructed shipping through the Suez Canal – an important passage that usually causes about 12 percent of the world shipping traffic – forcing many companies in an expensive affair around the tip of South Africa.
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The United States began attacking the fighters under the first President Joe Biden’s administration, and his successor President Donald Trump vowed that military action against the rebels will continue until they are a threat to shipping.
On Thursday evening, French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said that a French frigate in the Red Sea destroyed a drone started from Yemen. “Our armed forces continued their commitment to ensure marine freedom of the movement,” he said on X.
US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce told reporters on Thursday that the Chinese satellite firm Chang Guang Satellite Technology Company “directly supported American interests on Iran -backed Huthi terrorist attacks”.
He said, “The support of his works – and the company of Beijing, even after our personal busyness – is another example of China’s empty claims to support peace,” he said.
Bruce initially did not provide details about the nature of the company’s support for the rebels, but later mentioned “a Chinese company a Chinese company providing satellite imagery”.
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