DHAMAR: Houthi-run news agency Saba said Saudi airstrikes killed three children and wounded 17 other people in Yemen’s Dhamar governorate, in an account published overnight from Friday into Saturday.
The agency accused Saudi aircraft of striking civilian homes in villages and using cluster munitions. However. it couldn’t independently verify the casualty figures, responsibility for the strikes or the weapons allegation.
Saba also reported damage to three homes and the destruction of a farm’s solar power system. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia continues air operations in support of Yemen’s internationally recognised government against the Iran-backed Houthis.
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The movement has carried out attacks on Saudi airports and energy infrastructure. Fighting resumed in July after years of relative calm, then intensified in September after a Houthi offensive in western Yemen.
Separately, the Houthis put the toll from Saudi airstrikes between September 3 and October 15 at 115 people killed and 305 wounded.
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Houthi-run Saba says Saudi airstrikes killed three children and wounded 17 other people in Dhamar.
