Three deaths were reported in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, while two more were killed in Saudi Arabia by a projectile strike attributed to Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Yemen has been in the grasp of a civil war since 2014, uniting Iran-backed Houthi rebels against the globally renowned government, which is aided by a Saudi-led military coalition.
A projectile strike on Jazan, a southern part of the kingdom adjoining Yemen, killed two people, a Saudi and a Yemeni, and damaged seven others, according to Saudi Arabia’s civil defense.
According to a statement by the Saudi Civil defense
A military projectile fell on a commercial store on the main street, resulting in two deaths
Three people were killed and six others were wounded in Yemeni air raids in Ajama, a town northwest of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, according to medics.
Medics also told the AFP News Agency that
Three civilians including a child and a woman were killed, and six others were wounded
Yemen’s long-running civil war has reached rock bottom with the tragic cross-border attack.
Airstrikes led by the Saudi-led military coalition targeted Sanaa early on Friday, striking a military camp near the city center, according to the report by Saudi media.
According to Houthi media, the attacks affect a residential area, causing widespread destruction.