Saudi warplanes intensified air raids against residential areas in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and elsewhere across the war-wracked country, after the head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council announced the launch of a general mobilization campaign against the Saudi war and all-out blockade.
The warplanes conducted several air attacks against al-Masajid area in the Bani Matar district of Sanaa early on Friday, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported.
At least one civilian was martyred in the latest attack. It followed another strike that hit Hajjah province.
Yemeni media outlets also reported that the Saudi military aircraft launched at least seven raids against the al-Jubah and Wadi districts of Yemen’s central province of Marib.
Saudi planes hit Medghal and Sirwah districts in the same Yemeni province as well.
The warplanes also bombed the Harad district in Yemen’s northern province of Hajjah on three occasions. There have been no reports of casualties as of yet.
Al-Tinah area in the Midi district of Hajjah province was also targeted by the warplanes.
Mahdi al-Mashat, who heads Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, stressed on Wednesday the importance of “popular steadfastness” in the face of the aggressors as he announced the start of the “Hurricane Yemen” campaign.
Al-Mashat added that the campaign would include the Yemeni people, elite, and officials, emphasizing that the nation will mobilize to respond to the crimes of Saudi Arabia and its allies via “all available means.”
He also urged state institutions to play an effective role in advancing the campaign at all levels.
Additionally, he called on all Yemeni people to “seriously interact” with the campaign and stand by the army and popular committees in the fight against the brutal Saudi aggression.
Yemen has been since March 2015 under a brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition. Tens of thousands of Yemenis have been injured and martyred in Saudi-led strikes, with the vast majority of them are civilians.
The coalition has been also imposing a blockade on the impoverished country’s ports and airports as a part of his aggression which is aimed at restoring power to fugitive former president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Meanwhile, Yemen is home to the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with at least 7 million people on the brink of famine and hundreds of thousands suffering from cholera.
Source: Agencies (editted by Al-Manar English Website)
