28 Mar 2024
Sunday 18 October 2015 - 16:07
Story Code : 184878

Fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen kill 20, injure dozens

At least 20 people have lost their lives and scores of others have sustained injuries in the latest wave of Saudi airstrikes against Yemen.

On Saturday, Saudi fighter jets bombarded a mosque and a gas station in the Hajr area of the Qabbaytah district in Yemens southwestern province of Lahij, killing seven civilians and wounding seven others, Yemens Saba Net news agency reported.

Meanwhile, five Yemenis were killed and three more injured after Saudi bombers pounded the Saqayn district in the northern Yemeni province of Saada.

Saudi warplanes also targeted a bank and a residential complex in the Mukha district of the southern province of Taizz, leaving four people dead and dozens more injured.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] A school destroyed by a Saudi airstrike is seen in Haidan district of Yemen's northern province of Saada, October 17, 2015. Reuters[/caption]

In the Khadir district of Taizz, Saudi missiles hit a gas station and killed four Yemenis. Several others were also wounded in the raid.

Sudanese troops in Yemen

In another development, hundreds of Sudanese forces reportedly arrived in Yemens southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the first group of an estimated 10,000 troops, who are to join the Saudis in the invasion of Yemen.

According to reports, the Sudanese will be stationed in Aden and participate in the battle against Yemens Houthi Ansarullah fighters.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] People walk at the site of a Saudi airstrike at the Luhayyah area in Yemen's western city of Hudayda, October 10, 2015. Reuters[/caption]

Yemen has been under Saudi attacks on a daily basis since March 26. The strikes are supposedly meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

Some 7,000 people have reportedly lost their lives in the Saudi raids, and at least 14,000 people have been injured.

By Press TV
https://theiranproject.com/vdcfejdycw6dcca.r7iw.html
Your Name
Your Email Address