Sanaa: At least 13 civilians have
died in the northern Yemeni province of Saada during Saudi and
US air raids against Houthis rebels, while another 34 have
been killed in the south during a government military
offensive.
According to Shiite Al-Zaydi rebel sources, warplanes
from Saudi Arabia carried out over 70 bombings against Jebel
al-Dukhan, Jebel al-Rumayh, Jebel al-Madoud, al-Jabiri
villages, and other hamlets in the Yemeni border.
Those air attacks, in which 165 air-to-land missiles were
launched, took the lives of 13 civilians and wounded a high
number of villagers yesterday, confirmed spokespersons from
the rebel group rose up against the government of President
Ali Abdulah Saleh.
Houthis rebels, whose rebellion started in 2004,
reiterated that Saudi military forces launched white
phosphorus bombs.
Meanwhile, TV channels reported that
Saudi and US air forces intensified their attacks against the
Shiite resistance, leaving 120 dead and 44 wounded in Saada in
the last few hours, rebel leader Yahya al-Houthi was quoted as
saying.
UN organizations, like UNICEF and the High Commissioner
for Refugees, as well as other international aid agencies,
warned the tragedy that live about 175,000 displaced people as
a result of the conflict.
PTI
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First Published: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 14:27