5 killed, 8 hurt in Saudi air raids on Yemen

At least five civilians have been killed and eight others injured in fresh Saudi airstrikes against Yemen as Riyadh pushes ahead with its military campaign against Popular Committees, including Houthi Ansarullah fighters, in the impoverished Arab country.

Saudi military aircraft fired several missiles into a number of houses in the northwestern city of Sa'ada, located 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of the capital, Sana'a, on Wednesday morning, leaving a mother and her three children as well as another local resident dead, injuring three others, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported.

Meanwhile, five people have sustained injuries when Saudi planes bombed Yarim neighborhood of the city of Dhamar, located some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Sana’a

Shortly afterwards, Saudi military aircraft targeted an outdoor market in Dhahyan district of Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa'ada.

Elsewhere, Saudi warplanes pounded Sana'a International Airport. There were no immediate reports on casualties and the extent of the damage.

The developments come only hours after Saudi warplanes hit a water treatment facility in the Abs district of the northwestern Hajjah province. Saudi jets also bombarded public places as well as farming lands in the same area, according to a report published by Yemen-based Arabic-language Khabar news agency.

Separately, Saudi military aircraft struck the telecommunications network in Sehar district of  Sa'ada Province on Tuesday evening.

Saudi Arabia’s air campaign against Yemen started on March 26, without a UN mandate, in a bid to restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The spokesman for Yemeni armed forces and Popular Committees has said Saudi Arabia is leveling Yemen’s infrastructure to the ground.

Colonel Sharaf Luqman said in a press conference in Sana’a on Monday that civilians and Yemeni infrastructure have been the target of the Saudi aggression against Yemen.

“Saudi Arabia is the international supporter of terrorism,” the military official stated.

A significant number of governmental buildings, schools, shops, gas stations, markets, stadiums and mosques have been destroyed in the Saudi attacks, the spokesman added, describing the Saudi brutalities in Yemen as “war crimes.”

Close to 2,600 people have been killed in the Saudi raids, Luqman said, noting that the Yemeni people will strongly respond to the Saudi aggression.

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