New Saudi Arabia air strikes hit Yemen’s Marib governate

The latest attacks targeted al-Jubah district in Marib in the Houthi-controlled part of Yemen, according to a news report in Houthi-run media.

There were no further details on casualties or damage reported.

Yemen had witnessed a relative lull in fighting since April 2022 in a war that began nearly 12 years ago between government forces and the Houthis, who have controlled the capital, Sanaa, and other cities and provinces in the northwest since September 2014.

 After a four-year truce, the latest escalation stemmed from a Houthi attempt to fly a plane from Iran’s capital Tehran to Yemen’s capital Sanaa in June, challenging a decade-long air-and-naval blockade by the Saudi-led coalition.

A coalition air strike struck the runway of Sanaa’s airport, preventing the landing of the flight, which carried Houthi officials after they attended the funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.