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A coalition of
Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, has been bombarding
Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen since late March in a bid to
reinstate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has fled to
Riyadh.
The Saba agency quoted a local source in Taiz as saying that the
bombing targeted the Mokha area inhabited mostly by engineers
and workers of a power station and some displaced families.
The number of casualties is expected to rise as rescue services
are still working in the area and several of those injured and
transferred to nearby hospitals are in serious condition, the
source said.
The frontlines of Yemen's war shifted to the favor of the Gulf
Arab coalition earlier this month when in coordination with
forces loyal to Hadi they managed to drive the Houthis out of
the southern port city of Aden and much of the surrounding
areas.
Since then warplanes have been landing in Aden airport carrying
equipment necessary to help re-open the facility which had been
shut down by the fighting. [ID: nL5N1043Z0]
Aden and the other southern provinces have been largely
inaccessible to U.N. food aid, and about 13 million people -
more than half the population - are thought to be in dire need
of food.
(Reporting By Mohammed Ghobari; Writing By Maha El Dahan;
Editing by Toby Chopra)
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