Latest US strikes bring the death toll in Yemen since mid-March to more than 220 people.United States military strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, have killed at least eight people and wounded several others, Houthi-affiliated media report, as the US acknowledged carrying out more than 800 attacks on targets in Yemen since mid-March, bringing the total of those killed to more than 220 people.
The Al Masirah TV satellite news channel reported early on Monday that eight people were killed in a US strike targeting the Bani al-Harith district north of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
The US also struck Yemen’s Amran and Saada governorates on Sunday night, Houthi officials said, and two people were reported killed in an earlier attack on Sanaa.
“Eight martyrs, including children and women,” the channel reported after the attack that targeted the Thaqban area in Bani al-Harith.
A later report by the station claimed that dozens were reported killed in the US bombing of Saada, where a detention centre was struck.
The latest US bombing raids raise the death toll from US strikes on Yemen to 228 people, according to a tally of Houthi announcements on casualties. Advertisement
The US military said on Sunday that since March 15, it had struck more than 800 targets in Yemen and killed hundreds of rebel fighters.
“These strikes have killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement. CENTCOM also said the attacks on Yemen would continue and details of US strikes would not be revealed to the public.
“To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited discl …