At least 33 people, including women and children, were killed in air strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia.
This was reported by media linked to the Houthi movement in Yemen, the BBC writes.
The Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government, has so far made no comment on the claim. The coalition has been fighting the Houthis for more than 10 years.
On the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV channel, footage was shown of rescue workers pulling the bodies of the dead from beneath the rubble of several buildings in the city of Ash-Shariya, located east of the capital, Sanaa.
Among the bodies recovered from the ruins were small children.
The channel also showed injured people being carried on stretchers to hospital.
The Saba news agency, which is also under Houthi control, said the strike was carried out by Saudi Arabia on Saturday. According to the agency, 39 people were also injured.
The Conflict Continues
The war in Yemen, which had been in a “frozen” state for several years, has flared up again as a result of the confrontation with Iran.
The truce began to unravel when Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa airport — which is controlled by the Houthis — to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there.
In response, the Tehran-backed Houthis attacked Abha airport in Saudi Arabia, and later began striking Saudi vessels that were using the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast as an alternative route for oil exports, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia began carrying out regular bombing raids on Houthi positions, while the group itself launched numerous missiles at targets in Saudi Arabia, including airports and oil facilities.
Meanwhile, large-scale fighting has resumed in Yemen between the Houthis and forces fighting on the side of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.
It is reported that on Friday, 30 people were killed in an attack on a market in Taiz province, where fierce fighting has been taking place recently. The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike, while government forces said it was the group’s fighters who fired the missile at the market.
- According to the United Nations, since the fighting resumed in the region more than 1,600 people have been killed, and more than 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.