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Saudi Warplanes Launch 110 Strikes on Sana’a, Yemen Monitor Says, Killing Over 30
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Saudi warplanes launched 110 airstrikes and missile attacks on Sana'a and several governorates. Civilian sites were targeted, with numerous casualties reported across the country.
Saudi strikes and casualties
Brigadier General Yahya Saree said via Telegram that Saudi warplanes, specifically F-15s and Typhoons taking off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif airbases, launched 110 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian sites in Sana’a and governorates including Al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Amran, Hajjah, Saada, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhale, and Marib over the past 24 hours. Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the attacks, combined with missile strikes launched from Najran, resulted in more than 30 casualties, with the majority being women and children.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree added that the total number of airstrikes and missile attacks carried out by the Saudi-led aggression since the onset of the escalation reached 2,652. The Yemen Monitor translation unit reported that the Washington Post said Saudi leadership has begun to view achieving a military victory over the Houthi movement as the only available option, after Houthis intensified attacks on vital Saudi facilities and achieved military gains on Yemen’s western coast.
Regional diplomacy and competing claims
Egypt’s National Defense Council, chaired by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, declared it would provide "all possible forms of support" to Saudi Arabia to ensure its security, according to an official statement carried by AP. The National Defense Council announcement came as the New York Times reported that Egypt’s National Defense Council said Egypt would provide “all necessary and possible forms of support” to defend the kingdom but did not specify what that would entail.
The Times of Israel reported that Saudi Arabia said six injured in an Iran-backed rebel attack and that a helicopter gunship crash killed its two-member crew, while the Houthis claimed to have downed the Saudi helicopter. The Times of Israel also reported that Egypt’s parliament postponed a vote on President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s request to authorize military support for Saudi Arabia, with deliberations set to continue on Monday.
What comes next for the war
The Washington Post, as quoted by Yemen Monitor, said Saudi Arabia is supporting and carrying out a military campaign in Yemen to regain areas seized by the Houthis, while the chances of returning to negotiations appear extremely limited. Yemen Monitor reported that Ahmed Naji, senior Yemen analyst at the International Crisis Group, said the Houthis intensified their attacks with a strategy summarized as “harbor for harbor, airport for airport, siege for siege.”
AP reported that the Houthis repeatedly struck Saudi Arabia’s main international airport, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and that at least 19 people have been killed, with school classes canceled and disruption threatening the kingdom’s plan to transform itself into a global hub for business, tourism and sports. Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the Saudi-led aggression’s airstrikes and missile attacks have continued across Sana’a and multiple governorates, while the New York Times reported that the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said a military helicopter had crashed near the Yemeni border, killing two officers.