Dozens of African migrants killed in American strike, say Houthis

At least 68 African migrants were killed in an American air raid in a detention center in Houthi-Controlated in the northwest of Yemen, says the TV channel of the armed group.

Al Masirah reported that another 47 migrants were injured, most of them critical, when the center in the province of Saada was bombed. It placed graphic images with several bodies covered with the rubble of a destroyed building.

There was no immediate remark from the US Army.

But it came hours after US Central Command had announced that his forces had achieved more than 800 goals, because President Donald Trump ordered an intensification of the air campaign against the Houthis on 15 March.

It said that the strikes “had killed hundreds of Houthi hunters and countless Houthi leaders”, including senior officials who supervise rocket and drone programs.

Houthi-Runned Authorities have said that the strikes have killed dozens of citizens, but they have reported few victims to the members of the group.

The Migrant Detention Center in Saada reportedly held 115 Africans when it was hit four times shortly before 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Monday, according to Al Masirah.

The victim reports could not be verified immediately, but the videos of Al Masirah showed first -responders who recovered the bodies of at least a dozen men Under pieces of concrete and metal debris on the floor of a large building with partially destroyed walls and no roof.

An injured man could be heard “my mother” in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, according to Reuters News Agency.

The Houthi-Run Ministerie of the Interior condemned what it called the “deliberate bombing” of the facility and said it formed A “war crime”.

The international organization of the UN for migration (IOM) said that it was “deeply saddened by the reports of the tragic loss of life in Saada”.

“Although Iom does not work in this facility, we will continue to follow the situation closely and to be ready to offer support if necessary,” it added.

“We call on all parties to the conflict to give priority to the protection of citizens and to guarantee complete respect for international laws.”

In 2022, Allegedly, at least 66 people were killed when the coalition led by Saudi supported the Jemen government, a detention facility for the trial Only 100 m (330 ft) removed from the location of Monday’s attack.

Al Masirah also reported that another eight people were killed in the night US Air Strikes in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa.

The Statement by Centom lets the US pronounced on Sunday that the US “deliberately limited limited details about our current or future activities” to “maintain operational security”.

Despite the destruction and humanitarian crisis in Yemen caused by 11 years of conflict, migrants continue to arrive in the country from the Horn of Africa, motivated by political and economic instability, droughts and other extreme weather conditions in their own country.

Most of them are planning to cross to neighboring Saudi Arabia to find work. Instead, they are confronted with exploitation, detention, violence and dangerous journeys through active conflict zones, according to the IOM.

State in 2024 alone, almost 60,900 migrants arrived in the country, often without a means to survive. The majority of them are Ethiopians and Somalis.

It is thought that thousands of migrants are being held in detention centers such as those in Saada, but there are no official statistics of the authorities run by Houthi. Rights groups say that prisoners experience serious conditions, including overcrowding, abuse and poor sanitary facilities.

Earlier this month, the government run by Houthi said A series of American air strikes on the Isa -Olieterminal race on the coast of the Red Sea killed at least 74 people and injured 171 others. It said that the terminal was a civil facility and that the strikes formed a “war crime”.

CentCom said that the attack destroyed the capacity of RAS to accept fuel and that “Houthi’s assets would not only influence not only performing operations, but also to generate millions of dollars in income for their terror activities”.

Last month, Trump ordered large -scale strikes in areas that were controlled by the Houthis and threatened that they would be “completely destroyed”. He also warned Iran not to arm the group – something that it has repeatedly denied.

On Sunday, Centcom said that it would “continue to increase pressure until the goal is achieved, which remains the recovery of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region”.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have aimed at dozens of merchant ships with rockets, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They sunk two ships, seized a third party and killed four crew members.

The Houthis have said that they are acting in support of the Palestinians during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed – often falsely – that they focus on ships that are only linked to Israel, the US or the UK.

The Houthis were not put off by the use of Western warships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to protect merchant ships last year, or by several rounds of American strikes on military goals ordered by former President Joe Biden.

After taking office in January, Trump de Houthis redesigned as a “foreign terrorist organization” – a status that the Biden administration had removed because of what was said was the need to reduce the humanitarian crisis of the country.

In the past decade, Yemen has been destroyed by a civil war, who escalated when the Houthis took control of the northwest of the country seized the internationally recognized government, and a coalition supported by the US by the US in an attempt to restore the rule.

The fighting reportedly left more than 150,000 people and caused a humanitarian disaster, with 4.8 million people displaced and 19.5 million – half of the population – who needed a form of help.