18 Yemeni ’Civilians’ Killed by Saudi Airstrikes
Local Editor
At least 18 civilians have been killed in Saudi airstrikes against residential areas across Yemen as part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing military aggression against the country.
Saudi military aircraft bombarded Mukayras town in Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda on Tuesday, killing eleven people and injuring many more, Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen news network reported.
Furthermore, one civilian was killed and nine others sustained wounds when Saudi warplanes struck a number of areas in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’iz.
Saudi jets also pounded a popular market in the city of Sirwah, which lies about 120 kilometers [75 miles] east of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, leaving four civilians dead and 15 others injured.
Also on Tuesday, Saudi military aircraft carried out airstrikes against Majaz district in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada. One civilian was killed and several others were injured in the aerial assault.
Additionally, Saudi warplanes carried out 12 airstrikes against various regions in the northwestern province of Hajjah, though no reports of fatalities were immediately available.
Saudi jets also struck al-Khamsin Street in down town Sana’a, leveling 12 residential buildings to the ground. The strike left one civilian dead and 17 others wounded.
Saudi warplanes also launched five airstrikes against the al-Ashraf and Balaq districts of Yemen’s central province of Ma’rib. There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damage inflicted.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].
The ’civilian’ death toll in Yemen has risen to at least 1,916, with another 4,186 civilians wounded since the escalation of the conflict in March, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR] reported recently last month.
The US-led Saudi aggression began in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the country’s fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
