Huthis accuse Saudi Arabia of attack that caused 20 deaths in Taiz

Othe Yemeni Huthis today denounced new Saudi air strikes against a market that allegedly caused 20 dead and 10 injured, all civilians, while the Yemeni government forces attribute the attacks to the pro-Iranian Shiite rebels.

“The Saudi enemy’s aviation carried out several attacks” against a market in the province of Taiz (southwest), causing “20 dead and 10 injured among the civilian population, according to a provisional balance,” said the spokesman of the Ministry of Health Huthi, Anis Al-Asbahi, to the news agency of the rebels Saba.

According to a statement from the spokesperson of the Shia rebels, Yahya Saree, the attack he has attributed to Saudi Arabia consisted of three bombings against the Al-Hadara market.

Huthis rebels, a pro-Iran group, dominate much of Yemeni territory, including the capital Sana.

The internationally recognized Yemeni Government Army is fighting the rebels with the help of a coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

Started in 2014, the conflict in Yemen, the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, was resumed in July, in the context of the regional war, after four years of relative calm.

Since the summer, clashes have caused more than 1,600 deaths and 300,000 displaced, according to UN data, with no prospect of a diplomatic solution in the short term.

On Thursday, the Saudi Arabian-led military coalition claimed to have intercepted a missile in the region of Medina, sacred city of Islam, attributing the shooting to the Huthis.

“ The intercept and destruction of a ballistic missile fired by the Huthis terrorist militia in the Medina region was carried out,” said Turki al-Malki, spokesman for the coalition that supports the Yemeni Government against Huthis rebels on social network X.

The Huthis repeatedly deny that they target the sacred cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina.