Saudi-Led Airstrikes Hit Market in Yemen, 45 Killed
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Warplanes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched airstrikes that hit a public market in the northeastern parts of Yemen's Sana'a, killing about 45 civilians, residents told Xinhua.
One of the Sana'a-based residents said by phone that "Several Saudi-led airstrikes directly struck people gathered in a crowded market in Nehm district of Sana'a province and killed about 45 civilians while 50 others were injured at the scene."
Witnesses confirmed to Xinhua that "the air bombing targeted the popular market in Nehm at first and then returned back to hit the rescuers in double tap airstrikes."
Meanwhile, the Houthis-affiliated Masirah TV channel reported that "more than 25 citizens were killed and nearly 30 others during airstrikes by the Saudi-led aggression on Nehm's market."
Fierce armed confrontations are still going on between forces allied to the former fugitive government forces and the Houthis in the district of Nehm and others areas overlooking capital Sana'a.
The Saudi-led coalition started daily air bombing on the Houthis and their allied forces since March 2015, vowing to drive out the Houthis and retrieve Sana'a.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in ground battles and airstrikes, half of them civilians.