Yemen/ Saudi/ Bahrain update 12/09/2016..Saudi airstrike kills 5 in Sa'ada

Saudi airstrike kills 5 in Yemen’s Sa’ada province

Saudi Rocket, Air Attacks Kill, Injure 18 Yemenis

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Seven civilians were killed and 11 more were injured in Saudi Army’s rocket and aerial attacks in the Northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada on Friday, local media said. Saudi forces’ rocket attack killed five civilians and wounded eight more in the city of Haydan in the Telan district of Sa’ada, al-Masirah tv network reported. Saudi warplanes also targeted the al-Nazir region of the city of Razeh in the same province, leaving two residents dead and three more wounded.

On Tuesday, Saudi fighter jets launched nearly two dozen airstrikes on Baqim, Kitaf wa al-Boqe’e, Majz, al-Dhaher, Monabbih, and Thu’ban districts in the Northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada. There were, however, no immediate reports on possible casualties and the extent of the damage caused by the attacks. Saudi artillery units also pounded several areas in the Monabbih and Shada’a districts of the same Yemeni province, but no reports of fatalities were available.

Additionally, Saudi military aircraft bombarded various areas in the Nihm district of the capital province of Sana’a. A military camp was hit in the al-Khawkhah district of the coastal Western province of Hudaideh. A number of areas were targeted in the Bayt al-Faqih district as well.

Meanwhile, militants suspected of affiliation to the al-Qaeda terror network have reportedly attacked a crude oil pipeline in the Southern province of Shabwah. A local source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the pipeline was carrying oil to the industrial port town of Balhaf. Saudi Arabia has been engaged in a deadly campaign against Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to bring back the former Yemeni government to power. The impoverished Arab country is grappling with the scarcity of food supplies and an outbreak of diseases amid the Saudi Arabian war. The UN International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 7.4 million Yemeni children are in dire need of medical help, and 370,000 run the risk of acute malnutrition.Inside Yemen: Saudi air strikes and Britain’s role – BBC News

Inside Saudi Arabia: On front line of war with Yemen – BBC News

Several Saudi Soldiers Killed in Yemeni Forces’ Attacks

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At least 10 Saudi soldiers were killed in the Yemeni army and popular forces’ attacks in the Southern part of Saudi Arabia, local media said. A sniper of Yemeni forces gunned down a Saudi soldier at the Faridah military base in the Southwestern province of Jizan in Saudi Arabia, al-Masirah tv reported. This was followed by an assault in the al-Raboah region of Saudi Arabia’s Assir province which led to the death of nine Saudi soldiers. A volley of rocket and artillery attacks by the Yemeni soldiers then smashed the Saudi military bases of Faridah, Hamraa and al-Ghawya in the same province.

In relevant developments earlier this week, the Yemeni army and popular forces continued their advances in Southern Saudi Arabia, inflicting losses on the military hardware of the kingdom’s government troops. The Saudi military bases, positions, hardware were hit hard in the Yemeni forces’ attacks in Assir, Jizan and Najran provinces in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s continued airstrikes on the Yemeni civilian population. “The Yemeni army destroyed an armored vehicle of the Saudi army in Sahveh military base in Assir province,” the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen satellite TV quoted an unnamed military source as saying on Monday. The source noted that seven military vehicles of the Saudi army came under Yemeni forces’ mortar attacks in Sharqan region.

The Yemeni army and popular forces also destroyed the gathering center of Saudi soldiers in al-Meysal region of Assir province.

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