Human rights violations in Yemen

People gather at the site of a Saudi airstrike that destroyed a house on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Sa’ada, Yemen, on January 22, 2018. (Photo by Reuters)

Saudi warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes against the impoverished country of Yemen, leaving seven people, including five children and a woman, dead and five others injured in the northwestern Province of Sa’ada.

According to Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network, the air raids hit a house in Sahar district of Sa’ada on Monday.

Al-Masirah reported that the death toll is expected to rise due to the severity of the injuries. It said rescue and recovery operations were still ongoing. The Saudi fighter jets also carried out seven airstrikes on Mahdah area near Sa’ada but there were no immediate reports of casualties.


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