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Saudi Arabia launches new attacks on Yemen
More than 40 attacks targeted several regions including the flashpoint areas of Taiz and Hodeida, the scene of fierce clashes between the Ansarullah and Saudi-backed government, the movement said.
"It's a catastrophe, and the attacks are ongoing," said Mohammed Khudairi, one of nearly 20,000 who fled the fighting, according to the International Organization for Migration, AFP reported.
"We managed to leave, but others remain trapped there," he said at a displacement camp of wood-and-straw huts near Khokha, on the Red Sea coast.
The latest salvos in Yemen's previously dormant conflict come a day after Yemen’s Armed Forces set oil sites ablaze and wounded 73 in their heaviest missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia in years.
The fighting in Yemen is taking place against the backdrop of the Middle East war, which erupted in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Saudi airstrikes targeted "various areas across the governorates of Marib, Al-Jawf, Taiz and Hodeida", the Almasirah TV said on Wednesday.
The Saudi civil defense later issued a warning for the southern governorate of Khamis Mushait, near Yemen, but quickly lifted it.
On Tuesday, Saudi authorities vowed to respond to the Yemen’s attacks, saying they caused fires and temporary shutdowns at oil sites.