Local Editor
Saudi warplanes have conducted new attacks against Yemen, killing more civilians.
On Tuesday, the aircraft struck the historic city of Old Sana’a in Sana’a Province 12 times, killing one civilian and injuring a number of others, according to Yemen’s al-Masirah TV channel.
Separately, Saudi jets hit the littoral Midi district in Hajjah Province, killing another civilian and wounding five more.
Elsewhere, in the Yemeni province of al-Jawf, Saudi airstrikes killed 12 children and three women.
Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015, with the UN putting the toll at 10,000. The offensive was launched to reinstate Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Saudi ally who has resigned as Yemen’s president.
Yemen’s army and Houthi Ansarullah fighters have been retaliating for the strikes through counterattacks on Saudi mercenaries and also by hitting targets inside Saudi Arabia.
Also on Tuesday, the army attacked a gathering of the mercenaries in southwestern Lahij Province, killing 14 of them and injuring 19 others.
A day earlier, the army’s missile defense unit had launched a number of Katyusha rockets against pockets of Saudi forces deployed at military bases in the southwestern Saudi region of Najran.
Yemeni snipers, meanwhile, fired a Qaher 1 ballistic missile against a military base in the Asir region, similarly located in Saudi Arabia’s southwest, killing one Saudi trooper.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Yemeni forces have been engaged in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
