Dar es Salaam, April 18 -- YEMEN: DOZENS of people were killed after US forces struck a major fuel port in Yemen on Thursday night.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it carried out the strikes on Ras Isa port to “degrade the economic source” of power of the Iran-backed Houthi militants.

“Today, US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists,” CENTCOM said on social media.

“This strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen, who rightly want to throw off the yoke of Houthi subjugation and live peacefully,” it added.

The airstrikes killed at least 38 people, Houthi-affiliated media said. The death toll included at least five paramedics,...