Houthis claim Saudi Arabia targeted Yemen with 54 strikes in 24 hours

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The Houthis claim Saudi Arabia targeted Yemen with 54 strikes over the past 24 hours, as the group makes rapid gains on the Red Sea coast.

“The Saudi criminal air force conducted 54 airstrikes over the past 24 hours using F-15 and Typhoon aircraft that took off from the enemy Saudi bases,” the Houthis’ military spokesman Yahya Saree says in a statement, adding that the areas of Taiz, Lahj, Al-Jawf, Marib, and Hodeida were targeted.

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