Four People Killed In Saudi-Led Airstrike On Yemeni Market

Local Editor

A fighter jet of the Saudi-led coalition hit a market in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah Thursday evening, killing four civilians including two children.

14 others were critically wounded in the airstrike that hit Khadhadh market in the district of Bakil al-Meer, a source said on condition of anonymity.

It is the latest in a series of airstrikes targeting civilians in the war-torn Arab country.

On Sept. 19, a family of nine members were killed in an airstrike launched by the Saudi-led coalition on a house in Hajjah.

On Sept. 6, a coalition airstrike targeted a house in Alsadah village, also in Hajjah, killing six family members.

On Sept. 3, two women and a child were killed and six others wounded when an airstrike hit a family's home in Washahah district in Hajjah.

Located near the southern border of Saudi Arabia, Hajjah has been the scene of almost daily ground battles between the Houthi Ansarullah movement and regime troops backed by warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition since 2015.

In March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition launched an military campaign against Yemen at the request of resigned President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.


More than 12,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the war with over 3 million others displaced, according to UN agencies.

The country has also been hit by a deadly cholera epidemic and is on the brink of mass famine.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team