Houthi rebels say 12 killed in US air strikes on Yemen’s capital

Belfast Telegraph - 21/04
US air strikes targeting Yemen’s capital have killed 12 people and injured 30 others, the Houthi rebels said early on Monday.

The deaths mark the latest in America’s intensified campaign of attacks targeting the rebels.

The US military’s Central Command declined to answer questions about the strike or discuss civilian casualties from its campaign.

The Houthis described the strike as hitting the Farwa neighbourhood market in Sanaa’s Shuub district, an area that has been targeted by the Americans before.

Footage aired by the Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel showed damage to vehicles and buildings in the area, with screaming onlookers holding what appeared to be a dead child. Others wailed on stretchers being taken to hospital.

A Yemeni man shows remains of one of the shells from a location reportedly struck by US air strikes in Sanaa (AP)

Strikes overnight into Monday also hit other areas of the country, including Yemen’s Amran, Hodeida, Marib and Saada governorates.

The attack came after US air strikes hit the Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen last week, killing at leas...
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