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At least 30 people have been killed in a devastating attack on a market in Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthi group blamed Saudi Arabia for the casualties, while local authorities accused the Houthis of carrying out the attack.
Several strikes hit a market in Taiz province, which is under Houthi control, on Friday (November 6). The area has witnessed intense fighting since the Iran-backed group launched a major military offensive in September, the Houthis said. NDTV reported.
In a statement broadcast by the Houthi-run Saba news agency, the group’s Health Ministry spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi said, “Saudi enemy aircraft carried out several strikes on the market in the city of Al-Waziya. The attacks killed 30 people and injured eight others. Rescue teams are working to recover bodies trapped under the rubble.”
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea claimed that the strikes were carried out by an aircraft that took off from Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait military base on Friday.
However, Yemen’s government forces accused the Houthis of firing a ballistic missile at the market. They condemned the incident as a “war crime”. Local authorities in Taiz also blamed what they described as an indiscriminate Houthi missile attack, while denying that any airstrikes had taken place.
After a prolonged period of relative calm, fighting between the Iran-backed Houthi group and Saudi-backed government forces resumed in July, turning Yemen once again into a battleground in the wider Middle Eastern conflict. Source: AP.
