80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen in more than a year

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US STRIKES ON a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huuthi rebels say, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday’s strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, the US military said. Images broadcast by a Houthi-run television channel showed large blazes lighting up the night sky following the latest in an intensified barrage of attacks under US President Donald Trump. Houthi media later reported fresh strikes in and around the capital Sanaa on Friday night....