Yemen: 14 killed in strikes attributed to Riyadh
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
Strikes attributed to Saudi Arabia killed at least 14 people and injured 10 others in Yemen’s al-Jawf province, according to Almasirah. The Houthis then called for Aden airport to be evacuated after a missile fell inside its perimeter, according to a police source cited by AFP.
At least 14 people were killed and 10 others injured in strikes attributed to Saudi Arabia in al-Jawf province, north-western Yemen, according to Almasirah, a channel affiliated with the Houthi rebels. Women and children were among the injured, according to the pro-Iranian media outlet.
The bombardments hit, among other places, a petrol station and a market in the province, which borders Saudi Arabia. They came a day after Houthi strikes targeting Saudi Arabia, including its largest refinery and the Defence Ministry in Riyadh, amid a resumption of hostilities between the two sides since July after four years of calm.
The Houthis also called for the immediate evacuation of Aden airport in southern Yemen, accusing a Saudi military cargo aircraft of transporting weapons there. A Houthi missile fell within the airport perimeter without hitting the aircraft, which took off shortly afterwards, according to a police source cited by AFP. The coalition supporting the Yemeni government, for its part, announced that it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards Taif by the Houthis, after reporting the interception of two other missiles on Tuesday. These exchanges followed explosions reported in Riyadh and the Houthi announcement of a strike on the Ras Tanoura refinery.
