The Saudi air force has carried out 93 airstrikes across six Yemeni provinces over the last 24 hours, Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, said.
"Over the past 24 hours, Saudi military aircraft have launched 93 strikes on civilian targets in Lahij, Taizz, Al Jawf, Hajjah, Marib and Dhamar Governorates, using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets … There are casualties, both dead and wounded, among the civilian population," Saree said on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson, the total number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks on Yemen since the latest escalation began has reached 4,765. In addition, Saree said that the movement launched a drone strike on an oil pipeline pumping station near the Saudi city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. At the same time, Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Houthis, said that Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward the kingdom's western regions.
© AP Photo / Hassan AmmarIn this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, F-15 warplanes of the Saudi Air Force fly over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University
BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The Saudi air force has carried out 93 airstrikes across six Yemeni provinces over the last 24 hours, Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, said.
"Over the past 24 hours, Saudi military aircraft have launched 93 strikes on civilian targets in Lahij, Taizz, Al Jawf, Hajjah, Marib and Dhamar Governorates, using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets … There are casualties, both dead and wounded, among the civilian population," Saree said on Wednesday.
According to the spokesperson, the total number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks on Yemen since the latest escalation began has reached 4,765.
In addition, Saree said that the movement launched a drone strike on an oil pipeline pumping station near the Saudi city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast.
At the same time, Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Houthis, said that Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward the kingdom's western regions.
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