Houthis claim Saudi airstrikes killed 22 people near Yemeni capital

The Houthis claimed that 22 people were killed in a Saudi Arabian airstrike near Yemen's capital Sanaa, which is controlled by pro-Iranian Houthi rebels.

This airstrike was carried out amidst a dispute over responsibility between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis over the death of 30 people in an airstrike at a market in southern Yemen the previous day.

According to AP and AFP on the 7th (local time), Houthi Health Ministry Spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi said that 22 people were killed and 30 injured in a Saudi airstrike in Al-Shariya village near Sanaa. He added that most of the victims were children and women.

Sabah Tongsi, run by the Houthis, also reported that the attack was carried out by Saudi warplanes.

The Saudi side did not immediately respond to this.

Earlier, when 30 people were killed in an airstrike the previous day in a market in the al-Waziya area of ​​southern Taiz Province, Saudi Arabia and Houthis fought each other, each claiming responsibility.

The Houthis claimed that the attack was carried out by a Saudi fighter plane that took off from Saudi Arabia's Hamis Mushait Air Base, but the Yemeni government forces, which are fighting the Houthis in alliance with Saudi Arabia, refuted that the Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at the market.

Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition announced in a statement that day that it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi missile launched toward the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Additionally, a warning was issued for southern Najran and then lifted.