30 Troops Killed in Saudi Airstrike Attack in Yemen
Local Editor
30 Yemeni soldiers were killed in Saudi air strikes on the Yemeni military headquarters of al-Aber in Yemen’s province of Hadramout on Wednesday, according to local media outlets.
Also, scores of Yemeni people were martyred as Saudi warplanes hit several targets across Yemen, sources said.
Nine Yemenis were martyred when Saudi-led warships hit a mosque in Lahj province.
Saada province was also hit by several airstrikes.
Four civilians, including two children, were also martyred when a car bomb exploded near the security administration building in al-Bayda city.
A Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, has been carrying out deadly airstrikes against Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.
Saudi attacks have killed more than 2,600 people and injured at least 11,000 since the military aggression began against Yemen on March 26, according to United Nations [UN] records.
Saudi Arabia began its US-led military aggression on Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansoaur Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.