20 martyred as Saudi jets launch new airstrikes in Yemen
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A picture taken on August 9, 2016 shows smoke billowing behind buildings following an airstrike carried out by Saudi Arabia in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (By AFP)
At least 20 people have lost their lives and many others sustained injuries in a number of Saudi airstrikes against residential neighborhoods across Yemen.
On Wednesday morning, Saudi military aircraft pounded al-Rawdah Village in the Western-Central Yemeni Province of Sana’a in addition to an area close to a military academy in the capital, Sana’a, leaving four people martyred and scores of others injured, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported.
Sixteen people, mostly women and children, also lost their lives and a number of others were wounded when Saudi warplanes pounded houses in the Sahan district of Yemen’s Northwestern mountainous Province of Sa’ada.
Later in the day, Saudi jets launched an aerial attack against a gas station in the northwestern city of Hajjah, located 127 kilometers (78 miles) northwest of Sana’a. There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damage caused.
Separately, seven people were injured in an airstrike against a courthouse in Yemen’s Northwestern Province of Amran.
Saudi fighter jets also bombarded areas in the Nihm district of Sana’a Province as well as the Mustaba district in the Northwestern Hajjah Province, though no reports of casualties were available.
The developments came a day after Saudi aircraft hit a parking lot in the Mafraq al-Shara’b district of the Southwestern Yemeni Province of Ta’izz, martyring 16 civilians and injuring 10 others.
Moreover, Yemeni soldiers, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, on Tuesday launched a barrage of rockets at two camps belonging to militiamen loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has resigned as Yemen’s president, in the Thaabat area and al-Wazi’iyah district of Ta’izz Province, leaving an unspecified number of pro-Riyadh gunmen dead and injured.
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