Yemeni retaliation expected after Saudi jets bomb Sana'a

Saudi Arabia has launched new airstrikes on Yemen's capital and the northwestern province of Hajjah after the Ansarullah movement called for “serious talks" to reach a peace agreement.

Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah news website said Saudi warplanes pounded the Bani Hushaish district in Sana’a late Friday. Saudi media confirmed the air raids.

Saudi state TV claimed that the airstrikes targeted military positions, including air-defense systems, in the Yemeni capital.

The Saudi warplanes also conducted air raids on the city of Harad in the province of Hajjah on Friday, al-Masirah said.

There were no immediate reports on possible casualties as a result of the air raids.

Saudi Arabia launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government fugitive interim Yemeni president  Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the popular Ansarullah movement.

The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the Saudi war has claimed the lives of over 60,000 Yemenis since January 2016.

The war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.

Yemen’s army and allied popular committees have carried out various attacks on Saudi positions in retaliation for the kingdom’s devastating aggression against their country.

The legal national government of Yemen based in Sana'a is expected to retaliate the latest crimes committed by the Saudis in Yemen

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