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Fresh Saudi air raids leave 14 people dead in Yemen

21 May 2015 20:23 (UTC +04:00)

The Saudi warplanes' bombing of the Hamoud al-Fatimi district in the southeastern Yemeni province of Dhamar on Thursday claimed the lives of eight members of a family, including five women, two children and a man, according to reports released by Yemeni media.

Moreover, six people, including a woman, were killed following Saudi jets’ attack on a car on the Kuhlan Afar path in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajja.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26, without a UN mandate, in a bid to restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a close ally of Riyadh.

The latest Saudi airstrikes killed at least two civilians, including a woman in Yemen’s northwestern Sa’ada Province. Saudi warplanes also bombed a school in the same region.

Earlier in the day, the Saudi fighter jets targeted a police academy in Dhamar Province, leaving one person dead.

Saudi airborne assaults further claimed the lives of two people, including a woman, and injured nine in Sa’ada. Saudi missiles also targeted a castle in the Yemeni southwestern province of Ta’izz.