US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen's Houthis Kill at Least 1 Person, Wound Others

A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
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US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen's Houthis Kill at Least 1 Person, Wound Others

A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi militias pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others.
The American strikes entered their 10th day without a sign of stopping, part of a campaign by US President Donald Trump targeting the militias that threaten maritime trade and Israel while also trying to pressure Iran, the Houthis' main benefactor.
So far, the US has not offered any specifics on the sites it is striking, though Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz claimed the attacks have “taken out key Houthi leadership, including their head missileer.” That's something so far that's not been acknowledged by the Houthis, though the militias have downplayed their losses in the past and exaggerated their attacks attempting to target American warships.
“We’ve hit their headquarters," Waltz told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. "We’ve hit communications nodes, weapons factories and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities.”
The campaign of airstrikes targeting the militias, which killed at least 53 people immediately after they began March 15, started after the Houthis threatened to begin targeting “Israeli" ships again over Israel blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip.



At Least 7 Sudanese Migrants Found Dead after Being Stranded in Libyan Desert

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, where two approximately 7,000-year-old Pastoral Neolithic female individuals were buried, is seen in this handout photo released on April 2, 2025. Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome/Handout via REUTERS
A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, where two approximately 7,000-year-old Pastoral Neolithic female individuals were buried, is seen in this handout photo released on April 2, 2025. Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome/Handout via REUTERS
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At Least 7 Sudanese Migrants Found Dead after Being Stranded in Libyan Desert

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, where two approximately 7,000-year-old Pastoral Neolithic female individuals were buried, is seen in this handout photo released on April 2, 2025. Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome/Handout via REUTERS
A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, where two approximately 7,000-year-old Pastoral Neolithic female individuals were buried, is seen in this handout photo released on April 2, 2025. Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome/Handout via REUTERS

At least seven Sudanese migrants were found dead on Friday after their vehicle broke down and left them stranded for days deep in the Libyan desert, according to an ambulance service official.

The car was carrying 34 Sudanese when it broke down some after crossing Libya's border from Chad and onto a deserted path often used by smugglers, Ebrahim Belhassan, director of the Kufra Ambulance and Emergency Services, told The Associated Press.

They were discovered in the sand dunes after 11 days, having run out of food and water, he said.

"The survivors were almost about to die. They are severely dehydrated and exhibiting signs of distress and trauma with such circumstances and given that they’re seeing those around them dying and they know if they will die next,” he said. The 22 rescued, including five children, were transferred to Kufra for further medical checkups.

Five people are missing, but Belhassan said hopes were slim they would survive on foot in a vast desert.

A smuggler who found them alerted emergency crews, Belhassan said.

Libya, which shares borders with six nations and has a long coastline along the Mediterranean, is a main transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to seek better lives in Europe. The International Organization for Migration estimates around 787,000 migrants and refugees from various nationalities lived in Libya as of 2024.

During last year, the Kufra ambulance service responded to emergencies involving more than 260 Sudanese migrants found in the desert, Belhassan said.