Houthis report 27 killed in air strikes near Yemen’s capital

The ministry said the strikes hit homes in al-Shariya village, in the Bani Hushaysh district, on Saturday 7 November. Most of those killed were women and children, it said in a statement carried by the Houthi-run Saba news agency.

The reported toll rose from an earlier figure of 25 dead and 30 injured. Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi also told the Associated Press that 27 people had been killed and 36 injured, and accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the strikes.

AP said it could not independently verify the Houthi claims. Saudi Arabia’s information ministry did not immediately respond to the agency’s request for comment. AP published photographs of injured children at a hospital in Sanaa.

The Saudi-led coalition has said it has been carrying out air strikes against Houthi military infrastructure in areas controlled by the group. Yemen’s civil war had been relatively quiet after a 2022 truce, but fighting resumed over the summer.

On Friday, Houthi officials said 30 people were killed in an attack on a market in Taiz province. They blamed Saudi Arabia, while government-aligned authorities accused the Houthis.