US strikes on a Yemeni oil port kill 74 people, Houthis say

US strikes on a Yemeni oil port kill 74 people, Houthis say
A burning oil tanker (Al Masirah TV via AP)

US airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said on Friday.

The operation marks the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump’s new campaign targeting the rebels.

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