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73 new military recruits killed in Houthi strike, all under 20
THE death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen has risen to 73, all new recruits, the Shabwa governor said today. Governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir said it was th
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Governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir said it was the deadliest strike since fighting began escalating three months ago.
The recruits were all aged between 18 and 20, and some were still missing a day after the group hit the al-Alam training camp with ballistic missiles.
More than 200 others were wounded in the strike, which hit while recruits were lining up for a training session.
The governor said they were being trained to provide security in the province and not for combat operations.
“They had not attacked anyone or advanced against anything,” he said. “It was only to protect the security of their province.”
Monday’s strike was part of a surge in fighting that began when forces from the official government and Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport in July, shattering a 2022 ceasefire.
US envoy Tom Barrack told the Global Security Forum in Doha that while he understood “Saudi Arabia is in a very difficult position,” Washington was not prepared to send troops.
“America getting involved in a ground kinetic battle somewhere else seems fruitless,” he said.
British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Britain would expand support to include “defensive” RAF patrols to protect Saudi cities but would not strike Houthi targets.
The UN says more than 250,000 people have been internally displaced in Yemen since the war reignited.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the Houthis’ encirclement of Taiz and closure of the only supply route to Aden was “placing civilians at grave risk, blocking humanitarian aid and cutting off essential supplies.”
“Humanitarian aid must be immediately allowed to enter the city and its passage must be facilitated,” he said.
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