Saudi airstrikes kill 15 on Hudaydah-Sana’a highway

At least 15 people have lost their lives in fresh air raids conducted by Saudi warplanes on a strategic road linking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah to the capital, Sana’a.

At least 15 people have lost their lives in fresh air raids conducted by Saudi warplanes on a strategic road linking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah to the capital, Sana’a.

Media  reported that more than 20 people had also been injured in the aerial assaults on the Kilo 16 highway.

Amanda Brydon, humanitarian policy adviser at Save the Children NGO, expressed concerns about fresh tensions in Yemen.

“What we are seeing with the fighting is [that] the critical junction at Kilo 16 is the artery towards Sana’a and other parts of the country,” she told Al Jazeera.

Hudaydah, she said, is a lifeline for the rest of the country, where over 80 percent of the country’s commercial imports come through.