Suspected US strikes overnight in Yemen kill at least 3 people, Houthi rebels say

Suspected US airstrikes in Yemen overnight kill at least three people, while the death toll in an earlier attack rose to 13 dead, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim.

The rebels meanwhile air footage they say shows the debris left after shooting down yet another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

The Houthis say airstrikes targeting the al-Sabeen District in the south of the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, kill at least three people. The area is home to al-Sabeen Square and a major mosque that has been a gathering point for months for Houthi demonstrations against the war in the Gaza Strip. Other strikes hit the capital as well.

More airstrikes hit Kamaran Island in the Red Sea, the Houthis say.

The US military’s Central Command, which oversees American military operations, does not acknowledge the strikes. That follows a pattern for the command, which now has authorization from the White House to conduct strikes at will in the campaign that began March 15.