At least nine people have lost their lives as Saudi fighter jets continue airstrikes on several areas across neighboring Yemen.

On Tuesday, Riyadh’s warplanes bombed the al-Sha’ab area in Harad district of Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah, killing eight people and injuring 11 others.

A child was also killed and several other people were injured in another air raid on Nihm district of the capital, Sana’a.

Additionally, the Saudi jets pounded the Yemeni provinces of Sa’ada, Dhamar and Ma’rib.

Another Yemeni was killed and seven others injured in the aerial assaults on the Jabal al-Sharq district of Dhamar Province.

Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March last year. The Saudi military strikes were launched to supposedly undermine the Ansarullah movement and bring fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power.

Over 8,270 people, among them 2,236 children, have been killed and 16,015 others injured since March 2015. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.



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