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Blasts target Ansarullah office, three mosques in Sana’a, killing 31

Flames of fire are seen at the al-Qubbat al-Khazra Mosque following a bombing attack in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, June 17, 2015.

Several blasts have targeted the political office of the Houthi Ansarullah movement as well as three mosques in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, killing at least 31 people.

Al-Masirah TV reported on Wednesday that car bombs targeted the three mosques in Sana’a.

According to the report, bomb blasts targeted the Alkebsi Mosque, the al-Qubbat al-Khazra Mosque near the Hayel region, and the Hashoosh Mosque in Sana’a.

Dozens of others have reportedly been injured.

Another car bomb went off in front of the house of Taha Al-Mutawakel, a member of the Houthi Ansarullah movement, in the Hay al-Jaraf region in Sana’a, a security official was quoted by local media outlets as saying.

The house of Saleh al-Samad, the head of Ansarullah’s political council, was also reportedly targeted in a bombing.

A car bomb also exploded near the political office of the Ansarullah movement in the al-Jaraf neighborhood.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks, saying they have been carried out in “revenge” against the Houthi Ansarullah fighters.

Such terrorist groups as the ISIL and the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula enjoy the financial and ideological support of the Riyadh regime.

Numerous reports show that Saudi warplanes have airdropped weaponry to the areas under the terrorists' control.

Earlier this month, Riyadh smuggled 16 trucks loaded with arms and ammunition through the Wadia border crossing in the eastern Yemeni province of Hadhramaut in a bid to help terrorists fight against the Ansarullah fighters.

This is while Saudi Arabia is also pushing ahead with its military campaign against Yemen.

On March 26, the Saudi regime started its aggression against the impoverished Arab country with an aim to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring back to power Yemen’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The United Nations says over 2,600 people have been killed and 11,000 others injured due to the conflict in Yemen since March 19.

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