An airstrike has killed 25 people near Yemen’s capital, Houthi official says
The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the strikes hit several homes and wounded about 30 people as search and rescue efforts continued.
- 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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At least 27 people were killed and 36 others wounded in airstrikes in the Al-Sharia area, east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, said Anis al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry. He said the strikes were carried out in the Bani Hushaish area, about 15 kilometers northeast of Sanaa. Al-Asbahi blamed Saudi Arabia and its coalition for the attack. “The victims include 27 dead and 36 wounded. Most of them are women, children and civil …
More than 25 civilians were killed as a result of air strikes by the Saudi-led Housing Coalition in the Yemeni province of Sana'a; the bombing of the village of Al-Sharia in the Bani Hushaish district in the eastern capital province was dominated by women and children, wrote RIA News with reference to Al Masirah. "The killing of 27 citizens, mostly women and children, resulted in dozens more injuries as a result of the massacre carried out by th…
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Independent EspañolAir strikes hit homes in a town near the capital of Yemen, Sana'a, on Saturday, leaving at least 27 dead and 36 injured, mostly women and children, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health managed by the Houthi rebels.
Media linked to Yemen's Houthis announced on Saturday the death of 22 people in Saudi strikes in the Sana'a area.
At least 22 civilians have died and 30 more have been injured in a Saudi bombing of the Bani Hashish district of the Sana'a region, the Yemeni capital, as reported by the Houthis authorities, who have been in control of the area since 2014.Continue reading...
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