28 Mar 2024
Sunday 6 September 2015 - 13:25
Story Code : 179187

Saudi Arabia keeps hitting Yemen, especially Sana’a



Saudi Arabia has intensified its airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, as the Riyadh military presses ahead with its brutal  campaign against the neighboring country.

According to local media outlets, Saudi warplanes fired as many as five rockets on the headquarters of the Yemeni security forces in the southern part of the capital on Sunday.

Four of the rockets hit a nearby school, causing fear and confusion at the academic center. There has been no report on the possible casualties in the attack. It is, however, feared that students are hit in the airstrike.

Reports indicate that Saudi warplanes have also carried out two airstrikes on the embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the capital.

The Saudi jets also bombarded the residential areas in the region of al-Nazeh, killing a number of people and injuring some others. A maternity hospital was also hit in the capital, with its staff calling on citizens to help transfer newborns and women under treatment to another place.

A Yemeni ammunition depot, located in area of Jabal Naqim in the eastern part of the capital city, the premises of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Sana’a, and the Yemeni air base of Hafa were also targeted by Saudi fighter jets.

The Saudi warplanes also incessantly bombarded the Yemeni capital from Saturday night to Sunday, pounding the new airport in the city at least 15 times.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] A fighter belonging to Yemen’s Houthi movement walks amid debris following airstrikes by Saudi Arabia in the capital Sana’a on September 5, 2015. ©AFP[/caption]

According to reports on Saturday, Saudi fighter jets targeted an orphanage in the Sofan neighborhood of Sana’a, killing at least eight people and injuring four others.

The Saudi jets also launched 18 airstrikes on the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada, killing a civilian and injuring five others in the district of Haydan. Saudi jets also conducted eight raids on the district of Dhahir in the province.

Saudi fighter jets also carried out three air raids on al-Mazraq area in the province of Hajjah, two strikes on Mukhadrah and Hilan district, and four others on al-Ashraf district in the province of Ma’rib.

The Ta’izz Province also came under attack by Saudi warplanes.

In retaliation for the Saudi assaults, Yemeni army and popular committees pounded the Saudi military site of al-Radif in the southwestern Yemeni province of Jizan with missiles, killing and wounding a number of Saudi soldiers. A Saudi military vehicle was also destroyed in the attack.

On March 26, Saudi Arabia began its aggression against Yemen – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

The conflict has so far left about 4,500 people dead and thousands of others wounded, the UN says. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher.

By Press TV

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