The Houthis say that the American strikes on the oil port kept by the Houthi rebels, Yemen

Dubai, United Arab Emirates On Friday, the group said that the American air strikes targeting the oil port at Ras Issa, which was held by the rebels in Yemen in 58 people and wounded 126 others. The new Trump campaign targeting the rebels.

The evaluation of Mr. Trump’s campaign, which started on March 15, has been incredibly difficult because the US Army’s Central Command has not yet released any information about the campaign, its specific goals and the number of people who were killed. Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels in Yemen control reach the areas that have attacked and do not publish information about strikes, which are likely to target military and security sites.

But the strike on the oil port at the head of Issa, who sent huge shots in the night sky, represents a major escalation of the American campaign. The Houthis also issued graphic footage of those who were killed in the attack.

Meanwhile, the war was internationalized in Yemen, where the United States claimed that the Chinese satellite company was “directly supported” the Houthi attacks, which Beijing did not recognize immediately.

The satellite channel in Al -Masirah broadcast graphics footage of the effects of the attack on the RAS ISA port, which shows the bodies that move through the site. She said that paramedics and civilian workers in the port were killed in the attack, which caused a major explosion and fires.

In a statement, the Central Command said: “The American forces have taken a measure to eliminate this source of fuel for Iranian -backed Houthi terrorists and deny them illegal revenues that have funded the Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for more than 10 years.”

He added: “This strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen, who truly want to get rid of the yoke of the properties and live quietly.” No victims were admitted and refused to comment when I asked the Associated Press in relation to civilians who were killed.

RAS ISA, a group of three oil tanks and devotional equipment, sits in Hodeida Governorate in Yemen along the Red Sea. NASA, which follows forest fires, showed a severe fire early Friday morning at the site off the island of Camara, targeted by extensive American air strikes during the past few days.

The RAS ISA port is also an oil pipeline that extends to the energy -rich Marib Governorate in Yemen, which is still kept by the exile government allies. The Houthis expelled that government from the capital of Yemen, SANA, in 2015. However, oil exports were stopped by the Decadilong War and the Houthis used Ras Issa to bring oil.

The Houthis and Iran condemned the American attack.

“This is completely unjustified aggression, a flagrant violation of Yemen’s sovereignty, independence, and direct targeting of the entire Yemeni people,” the Houthis said in a statement carried by the news agency in Saba, on which they control. “It targets a vital civilian facility that served the Yemeni people for decades.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Ismail Baqai said that Tehran “strongly condemned the American air strike,” describing it as “an example of aggressive crime and a flagrant violation of the basic principles of the United Nations Charter,” according to AFP.

On April 9, the US State Department issued a warning about oil shipments to Yemen.

“The United States will not tolerate any country or commercial entity that provides support to foreign terrorist organizations, such as the Houthis, including unloading ships and the provision of oil in the Houthi -controlled ports,” she said.

The attack follows Israeli air strikes on the Houthis, who previously struck the infrastructure of the ports and oil used by the rebels after their attacks on Israel.

The United States says that the Chinese satellite provider helps the Houthis

Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce in a briefing with journalists accused Zhang Guang Satellite Co., and is equipped with commercial satellite images, “to directly support Iran’s Houthi terrorist attacks supported by American interests.”

Bruce did not explain in detail, but he confessed to a story of the Financial Times, which quoted unknown US officials, saying that the company linked to the People’s Liberation Army had provided photos that enable the rebels to target American warships and commercial ships that are traveling through the Red Sea corridor.

Bruce said: “By the way, Beijing supported that company, the satellite company, even after we participated in discussions with them about this … It definitely contradicts their claims that they are supporters of peace,” Bruce said.

Chinese officials and the company, known as CGSTL, for comment. The Chinese government media did not recognize the accusation. The US Treasury Department conducted the penalty on CGSTL in 2023 by allegedly providing satellite images to the Russian mercenaries in the Wagner Group, where it fought in Ukraine as part of Russia’s extensive invasion.

AP has found that the new American operation against the Houthis during the era of Mr. Trump appears to be more comprehensive than those under the leadership of former President Joe Biden, as Washington moves from targeting launch sites only to shooting employees and dropping bombs in cities.

The new campaign of air strikes started after the rebels threatened to start targeting “Israeli ships” again on Israel, which prevents help That war Grind on. The rebels have seen loosely what constitutes an Israeli ship, which means that many ships can target.

The Houthis targeted more than 100 commercial ships with missiles and drones, drowning two and killing four sailors from November 2023 to January this year. This greatly reduced the flow of trade across the Red Sea corridor, which usually sees $ 1 trillion of goods to move. The Houthis also launched the attacks targeting American warships, without success.

The American campaign does not show any signs of stopping, as the Trump administration has also linked its air strikes to the Houthis with an effort to pressure Iran His advanced nuclear program quickly. The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States is scheduled to take place on Saturday in Rome.

The risks of negotiations cannot be higher for the two countries Close in half a century of hostility. Mr. Trump has repeatedly threatened to launch air strikes targeting the Iranian nuclear program if an agreement is not reached. Iranian officials are increasingly warning that they can follow a nuclear weapon with their in stock of enriched uranium to the levels of the weapons near.