Houthis say airstrikes near Sanaa killed at least 33

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Update, Nov 8: The Houthi-run Health Ministry says at least 33 people were killed in the Saturday strikes near Sanaa, France 24 reports. The ministry attributes the strikes to Saudi Arabia. Its newer account says dozens injured, without updating the earlier exact 36 wounded in the opened AP report.

Airstrikes on al-Shariya near Sanaa killed at least 27 people and wounded 36 on Saturday, Nov 7, Houthi-run Health Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi told AP.

Both the toll and the allegation of Saudi responsibility come from Houthi officials.

Al-Asbahi accused Saudi Arabia of the strikes. AP said it could not independently verify the Houthi claims, and Saudi Arabia's Information Ministry did not immediately reply to AP requests for comment.

AP locates the farming village about 15 kilometers northeast of Sanaa. The opened AP report does not identify its district as Bani Hushaysh, so that district name is omitted here.

This is a separate incident near Sanaa, not the earlier market attack in southwestern Yemen or fighting around Taiz.