Yemen strikes kill at least 33, Houthi-run media say
Houthi-run media say the November 7 airstrikes in al-Shariyah also injured 39 people and accuse Saudi Arabia of carrying them out; the Saudi-led coalition has not commented.
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Houthi-run media say the November 7 airstrikes in al-Shariyah also injured 39 people and accuse Saudi Arabia of carrying them out; the Saudi-led coalition has not commented.
Houthi-linked media said airstrikes on al-Shariyah, near Yemen’s capital Sanaa, killed at least 33 people, including women and children. The Houthi-run Saba news agency said 39 people were injured and accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the November 7 attack, the BBC said.
The attack followed the collapse of a yearslong truce over the summer and Houthi territorial gains along the Red Sea in September. Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government has launched a counteroffensive to retake territory lost to the Houthis.
Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi Health Ministry in Sanaa, said in a post on X that several homes were hit. He also accused Saudi Arabia in comments to the Associated Press of carrying out the strikes. An earlier Houthi count had put the death toll at at least 25.
Al-Asbahi said the attacks struck al-Shariyah village, north of Sanaa.
The Houthi-run television station Al-Masirah showed rescuers pulling bodies from rubble and injured people being taken to hospital. The Houthis blamed the Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen’s government forces. The coalition had not commented on the attack; Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government had not commented on the reported strikes when Al Jazeera covered them. The outlet said it could not independently verify the reports.
In a separate attack on a market in Taiz province on 6 November, Houthi officials said at least 30 people were killed. The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia, while Yemeni government forces accused the Houthis of firing a missile at the market.
Government forces spokesman Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili said Tuesday that initial field reports indicated about 190 Houthi commanders and fighters had been killed or injured in attacks on positions in Lahij, Taiz, Marib, al-Jawf, Hajjah and al-Bayda.
The Houthis said Saudi-backed Yemeni forces launched 109 airstrikes and missile attacks on Sanaa and Houthi positions in al-Jawf, Saada, Taiz, Lahij and Marib. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said a large number of women and children were killed and wounded, without giving a numerical toll.
Saree also said Houthi attacks killed and wounded a large number of government-aligned fighters in al-Madaribah and Ras al-Ara in Lahij, and dozens more government soldiers in al-Jawf. Al Jazeera said it could not verify the battlefield claims.
The Iran-backed Houthis have controlled Sanaa and large parts of western and northern Yemen since the civil war began in 2014. Saudi Arabia backs the internationally recognized government, which is based in Aden.
The Houthis' September advances included the port city of Mokha and islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The government’s counteroffensive, called Operation Dawn of Yemen, aims to retake territory lost to the group.
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