Yemen’s Houthi rebels alleged on Monday that a US airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants. The US military had no immediate comment.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group.

Corpses covered in dust and debris were scattered in the wreckage of a detention centre for African migrants in Yemen, after what Houthi-controlled television described as a U.S. airstrike that killed 68 people.