Saudi warplanes bomb Yemeni capital for hours

Saudi military aircraft have reportedly pounded the Yemeni province of Sana’a for several hours in an unprecedented wave of bombardment against its southern neighbor over the past months.

In the early hours of Monday, the warplanes carried out as many as 25 back-to-back airstrikes against various districts of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, local media reported.

Taking the brunt of the attacks was the capital’s Wadi Sar District, which was struck 13 times.

There have been no immediate reports of possible casualties.

The assaults also hit Bani Matar District, the presidential palace and the capital’s As Sabain Square, leaving two civilians dead.

Sabin Square came under attack hours after the leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, delivered a speech to a large crowd of Yemenis there marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA).

A day earlier, the jets had targeted the city of Sa’ada in northwestern Yemen six times, killing four civilians and injuring a number of others.

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