Smoke billows on the horizon as al-Qaeda
militants attempt to block a road in al-Mansura, east of the southern
Yemeni city of Aden, on April 29, 2015. (AFP Photo)
Saudi
Arabia’s onslaught on Yemen continues unabated as warplanes carry out
raids on the capital city of Sana’a and other locations.
According
to Yemeni media sources, Saudi jets carried out two raids in the
capital’s mountainous Faj Attan region on Wednesday night.
Earlier
in the day, a Yemeni soldier was killed as a government building,
housing rescue and emergency workers, was targeted in the northern Bayda
province.
The Al Saud regime artillery also shelled multiple targets in the Hosamah border region in the northwestern province of Sa’ada.
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed by the Saudi air raids so far.
Meanwhile,
Ansarullah fighters and allied forces have made gains in the southern
city of Aden, capturing parts of the city in fierce combat with al-Qaeda
militants.
According to security officials, the Houthi fighters
of the Ansarullah movement had reached the Khormaksar neighborhood,
gaining control over an area stretching from the Crater business
district to the Russian Consulate.
Houthi
Ansarullah fighters standing in the yard of the residence of the
military commander of the revolutionary group, Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim,
after a Saudi airstrike destroyed his property in the Yemeni capital,
Sana’a, on April 28, 2015. (AFP Photo)Saudi
Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 -- without a
United Nations mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah
movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former
president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh. On
April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful
military operation, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers
targeting different areas across the country in a new phase. According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the month-long Saudi aggression has killed nearly 150 children and around 100 women. SRK/AS/MHB
