Dozens have been reportedly killed in a powerful bomb attack on a gathering of Houthi Ansarullah revolutionary fighters in central Yemen

Dozens have been reportedly killed in a powerful bomb attack on a gathering of Houthi Ansarullah revolutionary fighters in central Yemen.

The blast targeted the residence of a local tribal chief in the strategic city of Rada’ in Bayda Province on Wednesday. Military officials say the home was being used as a camp by Houthi fighters.

It was the heaviest explosion to hit Rada’ since the Shia Huthi fighters managed to drive the al-Qaeda-linked militants out of the city in October, a military official said.

Local residents say the deadly blast was felt across the city.

The blast came two days after Ansarullah fighters launched an offensive to push into an al-Qaeda stronghold outside the town of Rada’, situated about 130 kilometers (85 miles) southeast of the capital, Sana’a, in which 16 Houthis and four militants were killed.