The United States announced that it has « destroyed » an oil port, 80 dead according to the Houthis-Liberation

It is the deadliest attack since the intensification of American bombings against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The insurgents supported by Iran said this Friday, April 18 that the new strikes lodged in the United States on the United States on Friday, April 18 on the oil port of Ras Issa, A strategic site on the Red Seahad left at least 80 dead and 150 injured. A previous assessment reported 38 dead and 102 injured, « Thirty-eight workers and employees », According to the television channel of the Houthis Al-Massirah, which quoted the health authorities of Hodeidah, the city of the west of the country controlled by the rebels.

« Five rescuers and paramedics died (…) by doing their duty », also said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health of Houthis, Anlas Alasbahi, indicating that they had been killed while a « American aggression has again struck the oil port. » The US military announced Thursday, April 17, that it had led bombardments led to the « destruction » of this port.

On images broadcast this Friday morning by the chain of al-massira rebels, a fireball lights up the area where there are ships, while thick columns of smoke rise above what seems to be a fire. « The Civil Defense Rescue teams and the paramedics are making all their efforts to seek and extract the victims and extinguish the fire », underlined Anlas Alasbahi. Demonstrations « Against American strikes and for Palestinians in Gaza » are scheduled for Yemen on Friday by the Houthis.

The American military command for the Middle East (Centcom) explained Thursday that « The objective of these strikes was to attack the economic sources of the power of the Houthis ». « The United States has taken (these) measures to eliminate this source of hydrocarbons for Houthi terrorists, supported by Iran, and deprive it of illegal income which has financed the actions of the Houthis to terrorize the whole region for more than ten years », added the Centcom. Washington, who appointed Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization in early March, accuses them of appropriating the income from this port located north of Hodeida. « These hydrocarbons should be provided legitimately to the inhabitants of Yemen », underlines the Centcom.

Washington imposed sanctions against a bank in Yemen and its main leaders on Thursday due to its support. « essential » to the Houthis. The rebel group entered in the Washington crosshairs By triggering, in November 2023, attacks against ships using the Red Seadisturbing international maritime traffic. The Houthis, who say they act in solidarity with the Palestinians in the context of the war waged by Israel in Gazaalso regularly target Israel with missiles. This Friday morning, the Israeli army once again announced that it had intercepted such a missile from Yemen.

US response strikes on Yemen have been accentuated in mid-March by US President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, the rebels accused the United States of having led several air strikes against the capital Sanaa, where a person was killed.

Attacks in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden, an essential maritime area for world trade, prompted the United States to set up a multinational naval coalition and hit rebel targets in Yemen, sometimes with the help of the United Kingdom. Thursday evening, the French Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu announced the « Destruction by a French frigate of a drone drawn from Yemen ». « Our armies continue their commitment to guarantee free maritime circulation », he added on X.

Update at 8:10 p.m. with the evolution of the balance sheet.