US attacks destroyed mosque, homes in Yemen: Report
The official Saba news agency is reporting that US bombings on Yemen on Sunday caused extensive damage in the northern province of Saada, including to a mosque and homes.
Yemeni officials, visiting the bombed sites in the Qahza area, condemned the US for targeting residential areas and described it as evidence of “its bankruptcy, confusion, and failure”.
They also said “that these American hostilities against the Yemeni people will not deter them from their steadfast support for the Palestinian cause”, according to Saba.
US attacks on Sunday killed one more person and wounded five others near the capital, Sanaa.
US launches more attacks near Yemen’s Sanaa: Report
Yemeni media are reporting that US forces carried out 13 more raids near the capital, Sanaa, on Sunday evening.
These are eight raids on the Al-Malikah area and five raids on the Sarf area.
An earlier US attack on the Jadr area in the Bani Al-Harith district killed at least one person and wounded five others.
Death toll from US attacks on Yemen rises to 59
We’ve been covering the US’s continued bombardment of Yemen.
The Houthi-run Ministry of Health says the US attacks that began on March 15 have killed a total of 59 people and wounded 136 others. The victims include women and children.
