Saudi-led attacks on Yemeni capital resume, 13 killed, residents say
At least 13 people were killed on August 9 in the first air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni capital in five months, residents said, as the head of the UN expressed concern about the escalation in the fighting.
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Fighting has intensified since UN-sponsored peace talks between the Houthis, backed by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the internationally recognized government ended on Saturday without an agreement.
Medics put the death toll at 13. Most of the casualties were women working at the al-Aqel potato chip factory in the Nahda district of the capital.
Residents said the factory was inside an army maintenance camp that had been hit by repeated air strikes since fighting began in March last year.
The Houthi-run news agency has put the death toll at seven, including five women, and said 13 people were injured.
Footage from the scene showed firefighters battling flames inside the factory, while rescue workers carried casualties wrapped in clothes away.
Residents and local Yemeni media also reported air strikes in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida and other parts of Yemen.
