Before the ’Truce’, Saudi Airstrikes Kill 15 Yemeni Civilians, Injure 20

Local Editor

Ahead of the ceasefire scheduled to enter into effect Tuesday at noon Sana’a time, Saudi aggression launched several aerial assaults on the Yemeni southwestern Province of Hajjah claiming the lives of at least 15 civilians, while some 20 others were wounded.

Late on Monday, Saudi warplanes carried out two aerial assault against a residential neighborhood in the Harad district of the province, some 130 kilometers northwest of the capital, Sana’a, leaving several dead and much more injured.

Besides, the Saudi aggression military aircraft pounded several areas in the al-Sharija district of the southwestern province of Taiz, where no casualties were reported immediately.

Furthermore, the Saudi warplanes struck the Khayran al-Muharraq district in Hajjah Province as well as Haidan district in Yemen’s northwestern province of Saada on Monday.

Separately, in retaliation, Yemeni army soldiers backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees targeted a military camp housing Saudi troopers in the al-Karsh district of the same province, destroying two military vehicles.

Moreover, they fired dozens of rockets at two Saudi military bases in the Zabnah district of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran, with no casualties reported.

Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March. The Saudi military strikes were launched to supposedly undermine the Ansarullah movement and bring fugitive former Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi back to power.

More than 7,500 people had been martyred and over 14,000 others injured since then. The strikes also took a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools and factories.

Meanwhile, a ceasefire to halt nine months of Saudi aggression against its impoverished southern neighbor Yemen started at noon local time [0900 GMT] on Tuesday.

Source: Al-Ahed news