Death toll rises to 73 in Houthi strike on Yemen training camp in deadliest attack in months

CAIRO — The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 73 people, making it the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, a senior Yemeni government official said Tuesday. The recruits were all new recruits aged between 18 and 20, and some were still missing a day after the Iranian-backed rebels hit the al-Alam training camp in the southern province of Shabwa with ballistic missiles, Shabwa governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir told The Associated Press. Monday's strike was part of a recent surge of fighting in Yemen, which started when forces from the internationally recognized government and Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport in July, shattering a 2022 ceasefire deal that largely stopped active fighting in the country's civil war. The Houthis have also fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia, which has struggled to counter the Houthi attacks — even with far superior U.S.-supplied arms. Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and Iraq, told the Global Secu