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18:50, 07-May-2018
Saudi-led airstrike kills six, injures 30 in Yemen's capital
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A powerful airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition hit the headquarters of the presidential office in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring 30.
Many were believed to have been buried under the rubble.
Monday’s airstrikes appeared to have targeted al-Sammad’s successor, Mahdi al-Mashat.
"Top leaders, including the President of Houthi Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat and Chief of Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali al-Houthi were believed to be at the meeting in the targeted president's office," a security source told Xinhua.
An airstrike targeted the office of the presidency in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, leaving at least six people killed and 30 wounded, May 7, 2018. /VCG photo
An airstrike targeted the office of the presidency in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, leaving at least six people killed and 30 wounded, May 7, 2018. /VCG photo
Sanaa is in the hands of Yemen’s Shiite rebels known as Houthis, who are at war with the coalition.
Last month, the coalition killed a top Houthi official, Saleh al-Sammad in an air strike in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.
If al-Mashat or Mohammed Ali al-Houthi were confirmed among the killed, it will be another powerful blow so far to the Iranian-backed Houthi movement.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency