The key facts

  • Houthis claim Saudi Arabia conducted 104 air and missile strikes on Yemen in 24 hours, with casualties among civilians reported

 

Yahya Saree, a spokesman for the Houthi military command in Yemen, stated that Saudi Arabia carried out 104 air and missile strikes on the country's territories over the past 24 hours. According to him, the strikes also affected civilian infrastructure, and there are casualties among the civilian population.

 

As Brigadier General Yahya Saree wrote on social media, the attacks were carried out in Yemen's capital Sanaa, as well as in the provinces of Dhamar, Taiz, Amran, Lahij, Al-Jawf, Marib, Saada and Hodeidah.

 

According to him, the strikes were carried out using F-15 and Typhoon aircraft that took off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif airbases, as well as missiles launched from the direction of Najran.

 

Saree also reported that the total number of air and missile strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the latest escalation of the conflict has reached 2,281. These figures are based on the Houthi spokesman's statement, and it is not indicated that the cited figures and reports of casualties have been confirmed by independent sources.

 

At the same time, in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, after two missiles were intercepted, four people were injured as a result of falling debris, and 15 residential buildings sustained minor material damage.

 

According to data published by the Saudi Arabian Civil Defense service on social media, missile debris damaged buildings and caused injuries to four people.