The Saudi warplanes targeted on Monday Faj Attan area, southern the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, claiming 30 deaders and wounding dozens of civilians.In response, the Yemeni Army and public committees continued striking Qaeda bad guys and their allies in various provinces, including Maareb and Aden.
Saudi Arabia has been hammering Yemen for 24 days now to restore power to Brave Sir Robin Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed over 2,600 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children. The attacks have also left thousands of people injured.
| Definite fog of war with regard to the casualties, as can be seen in reports from An Nahar and Ynet: |
[AnNahar] Saudi-led air strikes on a missile depot in Yemen's rebel-held capital Monday sparked kabooms that left at least 18 people dead and 300 maimed, flattening houses and shaking faraway neighborhoods.
Many more people were feared to have been killed after two strikes hit the hilltop depot, leaving a trail of destruction in the Fajj Attan area of Sanaa which was covered in thick clouds of smoke.
Monday's strikes on Sanaa triggered a series of blasts that sent shockwaves across the city, leaving cars mangled, buildings gutted and streets completely scattered with debris.
Fires broke out at the targeted missile base and a nearby petrol station, witnesses said, and the scorching heat could be felt from a distance.
Medics at four hospitals in the capital said at least 18 non-combatants were killed and some 300 others maimed.
The hilltop base belongs to the missile brigade of the elite Republican Guard, which remained loyal to former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
who has been accused of siding with the Houthis in their fight against the government.
Toll of Yemen air strike at least 25 dead, 398 wounded
[Ynet] "Twenty-five citizens were killed and more than 398 were maimed, mostly women and kiddies, according to a preliminary figure after the Saudi aggression's bombing today on the districts of Hadda and Attan in the capital Sanaa," said the state news agency Saba, which is run by the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
militia group.