Local Editor

Yemeni troops backed by popular committees have destroyed a Saudi army tower in a retaliatory attack on the kingdom’s southwest.

Yemeni forces destroyed the Saudi army installation in the Jizan region, Yemeni TV channel al-Masirah reported.

Missile attacks were also launched on a Saudi base in the southwestern Najran region.

Saudi Arabia has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March, while Yemeni forces have been responding to the attacks.

Earlier on Sunday, over 30 people were killed and many more were injured after Saudi warplanes conducted multiple raids on the northwestern Sa’ada province and the western Ibb province in Yemen. 

Two civilians were also killed as Saudi forces commenced shelling on the city of Haradh in the northwestern Hajjah province.

Based on UN figures, over 3,261 people have been killed, 1,670 of whom were civilians in the Saudi onslaught.

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen since March 26. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.

The US-led Saudi military aggression began in an attempt to bring the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, back to power, and to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement which is currently responding to the attacks on Yemen.