Saudi-Led Air Raids in Yemen Kill 21 Two Days into Truce
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Saudi-led air strikes killed 21 civilians in Yemen's capital Sana’a on Monday morning, relatives of the victims and medics said two days after the start of a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce that Riyadh does not recognize.
"Three missiles targeted the neighborhood, destroying 15 houses and killing 21 people and wounding 45 others," said a resident, Reuters reported.
Saudi Arabia has been bombarding different areas in Yemen since March 26 without any authorization from the United Nations and heedless of international calls for the cessation of its deadly airstrikes against the impoverished country.
More than 3,000 people have been killed in the fighting and air strikes so far, amplifying an existing humanitarian crisis, Reuters reported.
The United Nations brokered a pause in the fighting on Friday to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered, but the Saudi-led coalition said it had not been asked by the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh, in whose name it is acting, to stop its raids.
A Houthi leader, Saleh al-Samad, described the continued Saudi raids as presenting "a clear challenge to the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and seriously try to stop this aggression".
