New York [US], April 18: "Today, U.S. forces took action to remove this fuel source for Iranian-backed Houthi forces," CENTCOM said in a post on X. The agency added that the goal was to attack the Houthis economically, not harm the Yemeni people.
AFP quoted Houthi health authority spokesman Anees Alasbahi as saying: "13 workers and staff at Ras Issa have been killed and 30 others injured in the US attack on the port."
Earlier, the United States on April 16 carried out dozens of airstrikes on the Houthi-controlled city of Sanaa in Yemen, according to The Times of Israel. Al-Masirah TV channel (Yemen) reported on the same day that the US had carried out 14 air strikes against the Al-Hafa area, Al-Sabeen district (Sanaa).
The U.S. military has in recent weeks carried out several large-scale bombing raids on Houthi targets in Yemen, in response to attacks on international maritime lines in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
In another development, the US State Department on April 17 accused the Chinese company Chang Guang Satellite Technology of directly supporting Houthi attacks against US interests, and stressed that this move was "unacceptable".
Earlier, the Financial Times quoted US officials as accusing the satellite company of providing images to the Houthis to target Washington warships and international ships in the Red Sea.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told a regular press briefing: "We can confirm reports that Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. is directly supporting Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist attacks against U.S. interests." Bruce accused the company of continuing to support the Houthis despite U.S. talks with China on the issue.
Chinese Embassy spokesman Liu Bangyu said he was not aware of the situation and would not comment. Chang Guang's company has also not commented on information from the U.S. side.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
