On Wednesday, Saudi fighter jets bombarded a residential neighborhood in the Sharas district of the province, located 127 kilometers (78 miles) northwest of the capital, Sanaa, leaving eight people dead.
Saudi warplanes also launched several airstrikes against a building housing the state-run television network north of Sanaa. There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of the damage inflicted.
Separately, Yemeni army soldiers backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees took control of the al-Hathira military camp in Saudi Arabias southwestern region of Jizan. Yemeni forces also destroyed a number of military equipment belonging to Saudi troopers in the process.
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A Saudi soldier is stationed at a look-out point at al-Dokhan Mountain on the Saudi-Yemeni border, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, April 13, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]Earlier on Wednesday, Yemeni army soldiers and allied forces mounted major offensives against al-Tawal, al-Khobe and al-Khojrah areas in Saudi Arabias Jizan region.
Six Saudi soldiers lost their lives on Tuesday evening, when Yemeni troopers and fighters from Popular Committees carried out operations in Saudi Arabias border regions of Jizan and Asir. An arms depot was also destroyed during the operations.
Moreover, Yemeni soldiers and their allies fired more than 70 mortar shells and artillery rounds at Saudi military positions in Jizan on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the rising number of civilian casualties in Yemen, calling for an end to the conflict.
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Yemenis look at a burnt car following Saudi airstrikes in the al-Falihi neighborhood of the capital, Sanaa, September 19, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]Ban called on all the parties to the Yemeni crisis to take all feasible precautions to avoid loss of civilian life and damage to civilian objects.
Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 without a United Nations mandate in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.
According to a report released on September 19 by the Yemens Civil Coalition, over 6,000 Yemenis have so far lost their lives in the Saudi airstrikes, and a total of nearly 14,000 people have been injured.
By Press TV
