Authored by News Desk via The Cradle,
At least 150 people have been killed in Yemen since Sunday as Saudi warplanes launch indiscriminate strikes across the country and clashes continue between Ansarallah-led forces and Riyadh-backed proxies.
"The death toll from Saudi airstrikes, clashes, and artillery fire in the governorates of Taiz, Al-Jawf, Marib and Saada stands at 118," AFP reported on 22 September, citing what it said were Ansarallah-linked military sources.
Sources close to the internationally recognized government, supported by Riyadh, say 36 of their fighters have been killed, according to AFP.
Sirens sounded in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday due to more Yemeni strikes launched in response to the kingdom's aggression against Yemen.
Hours earlier, Saudi strikes killed several people in Yemen.
An early morning strike by the Saudi-led coalition, targeting a residential home in the city of Mokha, in Yemen's Taiz Governorate, killed six people, including two infants and a woman.
BREAKING | Saudi airstrikes on a residential area in Mokha, southwestern Yemen, leave six civilians dead and eight wounded.
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Several others were injured. Overnight, Yemen's retaliatory military operations triggered sirens across the kingdom.
"From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, Saudi Arabia experienced one of its most difficult nights as a state of alert and anxiety turned into a permanent and pressing condition - from Najran, Asir, Jizan, and Abha to Jeddah, Yanbu, and Al-Ula - amid the escalation of Yemeni deterrence," Yemeni news outlet Al-Masirah TV reported.
A day earlier, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) said Saudi Arabia has launched over 900 strikes on Yemen since the latest escalation began several weeks ago.
"The Saudi enemy carried out 157 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting the governorates of Al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, and Marib, using F-15 and Typhoon warplanes that took off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif air bases, along with missile attacks launched from Najran and Jizan," the YAF statement read.
Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen’s Taiz as Ansarallah forces advance
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Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck the Hayfan district in Yemen’s Taiz province, Al-Masirah TV reported. Local sources indicate the attack targeted a crowded market. The report did not provide details on… pic.twitter.com/otmO4AFQUk
"This brings the total number of airstrikes and missile attacks since the start of the escalation to 917," it added, stressing that the attacks will "not go unanswered."
Sanaa's recent retaliatory actions against Saudi Arabia were triggered by the kingdom's July attack on Sanaa International Airport, which has been under blockade by Riyadh for over a decade since it began its devastating war on Yemen in 2015, leading a coalition of Arab states.
Yemen has vowed to fully expel the Saudi-led coalition from Yemen. Last week, the YAF shot down a US-made Saudi F-15 warplane.
Maritime data revealed recently that Saudi Arabia has paused its oil exports. The YAF has hit several Saudi tankers in recent weeks.
Aramco sites across the country have also been repeatedly targeted, forcing facilities to shut down.
Forty-eight Saudi tankers have been rerouted away from the Bab al-Mandab Strait, according to a 19 August YAF statement.
An unclaimed attack recently targeted Saudi Arabia's key East-West Pipeline, causing severe damage.
Sanaa's forces have captured much of the western Yemeni coast and have seized multiple Red Sea islands formerly occupied by the UAE this month. Saudi and UAE-backed fighters have taken severe losses. Sanaa has also taken Bab al-Mandab.
Yemen has vowed to continue the "escalation for escalation" and "blockade for blockade" equation.