New Saudi aerial attacks kill dozens across Yemen
A series of new aerial attacks conducted by Saudi Arabia against Yemen have claimed the lives of more than two dozen people across the impoverished country.
Yemeni tribal sources said on Saturday that nearly two dozen people, mostly civilians, lost their lives after Saudi warplanes bombed a munitions factory in the Saqayn region of the northwestern province of Sa’ada.
The deadly assault was followed by another Saudi aerial raid that targeted a mosque in the Razih district of the same troubled province.
An unspecified number of casualties have also been reported as a result of the Saudi bombardment of the Harad district in the western province of Hajjah.
Separately, at least two children were killed after Saudi jets dropped bombs on a residential area in the Qabbaytah district of the southern Lahij Province.
Meanwhile, Yemeni political factions have welcomed the United Nations (UN) calls for a humanitarian truce in Yemen.
The Houthi Ansarullah movement said on Saturday that a pause in fighting was under discussion with the UN to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of the country. The humanitarian pause would last until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The movement’s spokesman, Mohammed Abdul Salam, has met UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to discuss the matter.
Saudi Arabia has been pounding different areas in Yemen since March 26 without any authorization from the United Nations.
Local Yemeni sources say more than 4,500 people have been killed since Riyadh launched its military campaign more than three months ago.
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