Saudi-led coalition escalates air, ground attacks on residential areas: Spokesman

SANAA, Dec. 13 (YPA) – The Yemeni army spokesman Brigadier General Yahia Sarie, said on Thursday the Saudi-led coalition escalated its air and ground attacks in the battle fronts over 24 hours with ending Sweden consultations.

In a statement, Sarie affirmed the fighter jets waged 19 strikes simultaneously with artillery and missile attacks from their militiamen on residential areas in several provinces.

“The air and ground concentrate on Yemeni western coast, Marib, Najran,Hodiedah province,” Sarie said

The spokesman said the Yemeni army has repelled several of the attacks towards several fronts, killing 51 and injuring 194 others of the militiamen, since the UN-backed peace consultations have been launched in Sweden.

The spokesman stressed that the Yemeni army has the right to respond to any military escalation by the coalition.

Ali Ahsan