24 Nov 2024
Saturday 16 January 2016 - 17:41
Story Code : 197084

Saudi warplanes kill 30 in NW Yemen

At least 30 people have been killed ?in a Saudi airstrikein northwestern Yemen, a day after six troops were killed ata military base of the kingdom near theborder.

The fatalities cameon Saturday during an air raid onresidential buildings in theDhahian district in the Saada province.

Earlier in the day, Saudi warplanes carried outnine offensives against two places in the southwestern Ta'izz provinces capital of the same name, the localal-Masira TV reported.

Yemens official Saba Net news agency said the airstrikes had left a number of civilians dead and injured.

The attacks came a day after Yemeni snipers killed six troops at the al-Mahruq military base in Najran.

A British officer, affiliated with the infamous US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, was alsokilled in the al-Waziiyah district of the province, amilitary source said.

Meanwhile,US drones bombed an area nearschools in the Dhubab district in the Tai'zz province.

On Friday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said US and UK military advisers were present ata command room inRiyadh in thewar on Yemen, working alongside Saudi forces.

We have British officials and American officials and officials from other countries in our command and control center," hesaid after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

"They know what the target list is and they have a sense of what it is that we are doing and what we are not doing, the Saudi foreign minister added.

The Saudi regime has been carrying out airstrikes against the Arab worlds poorest nation since March 26, 2015. More than 7,500 people have been killed and over 14,000 others injured since the onset of the campaign.

By Press TV
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