Bombs hit a settlement just east of Yemen’s capital on Saturday, and Houthi-run health officials put the toll at no fewer than 27 dead and 36 wounded. They named the village Al-Shariya in Sanaa governorate and said most of those killed were women and children, according to the ministry’s statement carried by Saba.
Clips on the Houthi channel Al Masirah showed crews digging bodies and the injured from collapsed houses. Saba claimed rescue workers were still searching and that medics had been struck a second time. Riyadh’s coalition, which stands behind Yemen’s recognised government, had issued no public reaction by evening.
British reporting first cited Houthi outlets with a figure of at least 25 dead; later updates settled on 27. Earlier the same day the coalition said it had shot down a missile headed toward the Riyadh area. Houthi statements claimed several drone and rocket raids against sites inside the kingdom.
After years of relative quiet, Yemen’s conflict has reignited. Government units and their partners are pressing an offensive branded “Dawn of Yemen”, meant to claw back territory held by the Houthis and eventually threaten the capital. A day earlier roughly thirty people died when a market in Taiz was hit; each camp blamed the other.
UN agencies already list hundreds killed and hundreds of thousands uprooted since the latest round began. Outside monitors have not yet confirmed Saturday’s numbers independently.
Coalition jets are again striking Houthi zones while the group fires at Saudi airports and energy plants. Ordinary Yemenis catch the worst of both.
