Saudi warplanes target residential areas, military college in Yemeni capital

Saudi warplanes have carried out nearly 20 airstrikes against the Yemeni capital Sana'a as the war on the impoverished country continues unabated.

Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported on Monday that Sana’a’s al-Atan and al-Nahedin neighborhoods, a military college, al-Dailami and al-Hafta bases and a television building were targeted in the Saudi air raids.

It added that later in the day the Saudi fighter jets carried out more strikes against al-Hafta base and an area behind the television building.

There have been no conclusive reports on the overall extent of the damage and casualties of the Saudi aerial aggression. Early reports, however, indicate that 2 people have been injured and one martyred after Saudi warplanes attacked the military college in Sana'a.

The Saudi airstrikes came a day after Yemeni army said that it had carried out reprisal drone and missile attacks over the Saudi capital Riyadh and another city in the Arab kingdom in retaliation for years of Saudi war on impoverished Yemen. 

Following the Yemeni aerial attacks, Saudi state media claimed that at least one ballistic missile and a rocket had been intercepted over Riyadh and the southwestern city of Jizan. However, a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said two people were wounded in the strikes. The contradictory accounts were not explained by Saudi authorities. 

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