Death toll from Saudi attack in Yemen rises to 44

The toll from airstrikes attributed to Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s Sanaa province has risen to 44 people killed, including 21 children, and 40 wounded, the Houthi-run health ministry said on Monday, November 9.

The strikes hit the Alshariyah area of Bani Hushaysh district, east of the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, November 7. The ministry, quoted by the Houthis’ Almasirah television channel, said 10 women were also among those k!lled. “Rescue teams are still searching for the missing,” the ministry said.

The updated toll came a day after the Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on the financial district of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Witnesses reported seeing damage to a skyscraper belonging to Saudi oil company Aramco.

Fighting between the Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government resumed in July after the collapse of a truce reached in 2022. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have since exchanged strikes, with the group targeting Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and military sites.

The United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been k!lled and more than 300,000 displaced in Yemen since fighting resumed.