Washington says it has hit 800 targets in Yemen since March 15, 68 dead this Monday in a migrant detention center – Liberation

A spectacular assessment. The United States has struck more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of « Fighters » Among the Houthi rebels, including many leaders according to the statements of the US military on Sunday, April 27.

In the process, on the night of Sunday to Monday to Monday, new strikes on the suburbs of the capital Sanaa left at least eight dead as well as injured, announced this group supported by Iran and ally of Palestinian Hamas. Other shots, on a detention center for migrants this time, in northern Yemen, would have made 68 victims according to the Houthis.

American forces pound the Houthis almost daily Since March 15, as part of the « Rough Rider » operation intended to put an end to the threat that the rebels have weighing on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, disturbing world trade. “Since the start of Operation Rough Rider, USCENTEC has hit more than 800 targets. These strikes killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and many Houthi leaders ”said the American command center for the Middle East in a statement.

Despite the bombings, the Houthis, which control large sides of Yemen and have been at war since 2015 against a coalition led by Saudi Arabia which supports the internationally recognized government, continue to claim attacks against American and Israeli ships in retaliation against the war in Gaza.

However, “Although the Houthis continued to attack our vessels, our operations have degraded the rate and effectiveness of their attacks. Ballistic missile shots dropped by 69 % »while suicide drone attacks « Have dropped by 55 %», Underlines the Centcom.

Houthi rebels began to target maritime transport at the end of 2023, Saying to act in solidarity with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, devastated by a military campaign launched by Israel after the murderous offensive of Hamas on October 7, 2023. The attacks of the Houthis strongly disturb the circulation of cargo cargoes in the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, a vital artery where 12 % of global maritime traffic normally passes. Many companies now make a long and expensive detour through southern Africa.

The Houthis also regularly claim missile shots directly on Israel, that this country says it intercept. According to the Centcom, “Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support for Houthis. The Houthis can only continue to attack our forces with the support of the Iranian regime ”. These rebels are currently forming one of the most active elements of the « resistance axis » formed by Tehran, after the weakening of the Lebanese Hezbollah as well as Hamas, and the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

« We will continue to increase the pressure until the objective is achieved, which remains the restoration of the freedom of navigation »assured the Centcom. During the night, the new American strikes made « Eight martyrs, including children and women » In the Thaqban sector, in the northwest suburbs of Sanaa, according to the Houthie Al-Massiraa television.

The Houthis also reported other strikes, notably on their bastion of Saada, in the North, and in the province of Amran, north of Sanaa. Rebels media said on Monday that American strikes had targeted a center for the detention of African migrants killing at least 68 people.

« Thirty bodies have been removed from the rubble and the Civil Defense and Red Crescent teams are continuing their efforts to the scene of American crime »said the Rebelles television channel, Al-Massirah, which also quotes a press release from the Houthi Interior Ministry reporting « Dozens of deaths and injured ».

Since mid-March, American strikes « Have destroyed several command and control installations, anti -aircraft defense systems, advanced weapon manufacturing facilities and advanced weapon storage facilities »ensures the hundredcom. The United States began to bomb the Houthis under the chairmanship of Joe Biden, but these strikes have intensified since the entry into office in January of Donald Trump, who said that military actions against the Houthis would continue until there is no more threat to maritime traffic.