In a Saturday airstrike on a village near Yemen's capital, Sana'a, 25 people, including women and children, were killed and 30 others were injured.
The Houthis have accused the Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces of carrying out the attack on houses in the farming village of Al-Sharia, about 15 km northeast of Sana'a city. However, there was no immediate comment from the Saudi side regarding the allegation.
With homes reduced to rubble in the attack, many are feared to still be trapped under the debris. It has also been reported that successive attacks were carried out targeting emergency rescue workers engaged in rescuing the injured.
For the second consecutive day...: Following the recent collapse of a ceasefire agreement that had held for several years in Yemen, clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition forces have intensified again.
As the Houthis have intensified attacks targeting Saudi borders and Red Sea shipping routes, Saudi coalition forces have been carrying out airstrikes on Houthi positions.
Earlier, last Friday, another airstrike carried out in a market area in southern Yemen killed 30 people. Both sides have been trading accusations over that attack.
This civil war, which began following the Houthis’ capture of the capital, Sana’a, in 2014, has become one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. According to UN statistics, more than 150,000 people have been killed so far in the war; large numbers have also died from famine, starvation, and disease outbreaks.
As the Houthis are currently besieging the major city of Taiz, shortages of drinking water and food have arisen there, severely affecting the daily lives of the local civilians.
Iran lifts restrictions on missile attack range
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman General Hossein Mohebbi has announced that Iran has lifted its 2,000 km range cap for missile attacks.
He declined to say whether Iran has missiles capable of striking beyond the 2,000 km target, saying that it would prove it in action, not just in statements.
This announcement comes after Iran’s chief cleric Mojtaba Khamenei warned that “if any threat comes from the United States or Israel, an appropriate response will be given beyond geographical borders.”
The man who brought the injured boy to the hospital for treatment.
