Death toll from Houthi attack on Yemen training camp rises to 73

An attack by Yemen's Houthi movement on a government security forces training camp in Shabwa province killed 73 people, the provincial media ​office said, raising the toll from Monday's strike as fighting ‌intensifies.

Fourteen people remained missing, it added.

The Iran-aligned Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognised government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, have traded attacks since September when the group ​advanced towards territory near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a shipping ​chokepoint at the Red Sea's mouth.

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Local authorities said three ⁠ballistic missiles hit security forces on Monday during training. Reuters-verified video ​showed injured people and bloodied bodies scattered on the ground.

More than ​200 people were injured, according to provincial governor Awad al-Wazir.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the camp was run by Saudi forces. Saudi authorities did not immediately ​respond to a request for comment.

Yemeni government forces began a ​campaign this month to retake Houthi-held areas, recovering ground near the strait. The Houthis ‌are ⁠besieging Taiz, the last major urban stronghold of anti-Houthi forces in Yemen's southern highlands.

The conflict has become another front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, with Houthi attacks targeting Riyadh's international airport and Saudi ​Aramco in Saudi ​Arabia, the ⁠world's largest crude exporter.

Shabwa, an energy-rich coastal province overlooking the Gulf of Aden, hosts the Balhaf liquefied ​natural gas facility, Yemen's largest industrial investment.

Yemen's war began ​with ⁠the Houthi seizure of Sanaa in 2014, which drove the government south. A Saudi-led intervention in 2015 produced a bloody stalemate before a 2022 ⁠truce ​that held until this year.

Aid agencies warn ​of rapidly deteriorating conditions in what is already one of the world's worst humanitarian ​crises.