Twenty Yemeni Civilians Dead in Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen’s Taiz

Saudi warplanes bombed Hayfan district of the Southwestern province of Taiz early on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 civilians dead and 15 others injured, Yemen’s al-Masirah television reported.

Saudi warplanes bombed Hayfan district of the Southwestern province of Taiz early on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 civilians dead and 15 others injured, Yemen’s al-Masirah television reported.

The news comes hours after four terrorist bomb attackers hit military and security positions in Mukalla city of Hadhramaut Province, leaving 48 civilians dead and some 30 others injured.

Five militants, including a commander, were killed and six others wounded in the air raid. 

Meanwhile, Saudi jets mistakenly hit a military convoy of pro-Riyadh militants in the strategic mountain of Hailan in Ma’rib Province on Monday night.

Saudi Arabia has launched the invasion to restore power to former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the Arab world’s most impoverished country since March 2015.