Fresh Saudi air raids leave four civilians martyred in Yemen

At least four Yemeni civilians have lost their lives and nearly a dozen others wounded in a fresh wave of Saudi aerial attacks against the impoverished neighbor.

Local sources told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that four people lost their lives and ten others sustained injuries, when Saudi fighter jets carried out two airstrikes against a residential area in the Jabal al-Marhab mountainous region of Yemen’s northwestern province of Amran on Saturday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, Saudi warplanes launched six air raids against Harad and Midi districts in the northwestern province of Hajjah, located approximately 130 kilometers northwest of the capital Sana’a. There were no immediate reports of casualties available though.

Three separate Saudi airstrikes were also carried out against al-Aqabah Asfal Maran area in the Haydan district of Yemen’s northwestern mountainous region of Sa’ada.

Meanwhile, Yemeni army forces and fighters from allied Popular Committees have responded to Riyadh’s air raids, firing a barrage of artillery shells at Jahfan military camp in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan. Yemeni soldiers and their allies also targeted Hajer camp in the Asir region in southwestern Saudi Arabia, but no casualties were reported. Additionally, scores of Saudi troopers were injured after Yemeni soldiers and fighters from Popular Committees hit al-Moqran military base in Jizan.

Separately, at least 20 Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to resigned, fugitive Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were killed on Saturday after Yemeni soldiers and their allies mounted an offensive in the al-Omari region of Dhubab district, which lies in the southwestern Yemeni province of Ta'izz. 

EA