An airstrike has killed 25 people near Yemen’s capital, Houthi official says
The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the strikes hit homes and killed mostly women and children as the war’s ceasefire collapsed over summer.
- On Saturday, airstrikes in the Bani Hushaysh district near Sanaa killed 25 people and wounded 30 others, mostly women and children. The Houthi-run Health Ministry attributed the attack to Saudi Arabia, though there was no immediate comment from the Saudi-backed military.
- The Iran-aligned Houthi militia and the Saudi-backed military traded blame for the strike. Anees Alasbahi, a Houthi-run Health Ministry spokesman, accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the strikes in the village of al-Shariya, while the Houthi-controlled Saba agency reported renewed strikes.
- Aftermath footage from the Houthi-run broadcaster al-Masirah revealed staff carrying casualties into a local hospital. Scenes showed destroyed houses in rubble and dust, as children were treated for injuries including horrific head wounds.
- Houthi officials reported Thirty people were killed in a market strike one day prior in southern Yemen. Meanwhile, pro-government media reported that Yemeni forces repulsed a Houthi attack on the al-Aqroud front in the contested Taiz province.
- In recent months, Houthi fighters have stepped up attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia. Airports and oil facilities in the kingdom have become primary targets for the militia, marking a significant escalation in the conflict involving the Saudi-backed government.
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Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed several civilians again on Saturday, according to media affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthis.
At least 25 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in airstrikes near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to a spokesperson for the Houthi-led Ministry of Health. The spokesperson said that Saudi Arabia is behind the attacks. That country has not claimed responsibility. Images on social media show the aftermath of the attacks. Medical personnel are carrying the bodies of mainly young children out of ambulances at a local hospital. …
An airstrike has killed 25 people near Yemen’s capital, Houthi official says
Airstrikes hit homes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 others, mostly women and children, a spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry said.
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