Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of a strike on a prison in northern Yemen, killing 7, including a child
Houthi officials said the strike killed a child and trapped 35 prisoners and a visiting woman under rubble as rescue teams searched the wreckage.
- On Monday, Houthi rebels accused Saudi Arabia of striking the Central Corrective Facility in Hazm, Jawf province, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.
- Yemen's civil war has intensified as the 2022 ceasefire is now in tatters, with Saudi-backed Yemeni forces advancing across multiple fronts including Marib and Dahle provinces.
- Gen. Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of "committing massacres" in Jawf, reporting a child killed and 35 prisoners trapped under rubble, while Anees al-Asbahi said at least seven people were wounded.
- Houthi forces downed four reconnaissance drones belonging to Saudi Arabia over the past 24 hours, including one spotted Monday morning in Bayda province, vowing that Saudi aggression "will not go unanswered or unpunished."
- Previous strikes on detention facilities in 2019 and 2022 killed over 100 and at least 87 people respectively, while the ongoing civil war has killed at least 150,000 people, pushing Yemen toward famine.
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Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of a strike on a prison in northern Yemen, killing 7, including a child – WTOP News
CAIRO (AP) — Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison on Monday in the country’s north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces. The strike on the Central Corrective Facility in the strategic city of Hazm in Jawf province also wounded at...
The Houthis in Yemen have accused the large neighboring country of Saudi Arabia of new airstrikes. Sources within the group say that a prison was hit, among other targets. According to media reports, at least seven people were killed there.
Yemen's Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of air raids, missile strikes
Yemen's Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of air raids, missile strikes Yemen's Houthis on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out air strikes around the country, including the deadly bombardment of a prison, as the group presses on in an offensive to seize territory near the Bab el-Mandab Strait. Houthi media said the attacks targeted Houthi positions across the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, which is divided between areas held by the Iran…
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