The US says the attack on the Red Sea coast aimed to restrict supplies and funds for the Houthis, who called it a war crime.

U.S. airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said Friday.

American forces in the Middle East struck a major oil facility in western Yemen on Thursday - the first publicly acknowledged attack in weeks during the military's ongoing airstrike campaign against the Houthis.