
Yemen’s Houthis say six killed in US strikes on Sanaa province
Al Jazeera
The group also claims it shot down a US MQ-9 drone in the airspace of Hajjah governorate.
United States strikes in Yemen’s Sanaa province have killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others, Houthi media has said.
Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah news reported on Sunday that two US raids also targeted the al-Yatmah area in Khab and al-Sha’af District in al-Jawf governate, northern Yemen.
In a separate statement on Sunday evening, the group said a US MQ-9 drone was shot down in the airspace of Hajjah governorate by a locally made surface-to-air missile. The US has not commented on that so far.
Houthi-held areas of Yemen have seen near-daily deadly strikes blamed on the US since Washington launched an air campaign against the group on March 15 to force them to stop threatening vessels in key maritime routes.
Dozens of people in Yemen have been killed in the latest US strikes. Civilians have been targeted, families wiped out, military sites destroyed and soldiers killed.