Death Toll Rises to 44 After Airstrikes Hit Homes Near Yemen’s Capital

At least 44 people, including 21 children, were killed when airstrikes hit homes near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, according to health officials in the Houthi-controlled area. The revised toll, announced late Sunday, also listed 40 people wounded.

The strikes hit al-Shariya, a village east of Sanaa, on Saturday. Anees al-Asbahi, spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry, said 10 women were among those killed. Eight children and nine women were among the injured.

The casualty figures put the impact on families at the centre of the latest violence. Homes were hit, and children accounted for nearly half of the reported deaths. The strikes were among the deadliest incidents in the latest round of fighting in Yemen’s civil war.

The attack came as the wider confrontation involving Iran and the United States continued to spill across the region. In a separate incident, the Houthis claimed on Sunday that they had struck a building belonging to Saudi state oil company Aramco in Riyadh. Saudi authorities confirmed damage to a building in the city’s financial district and did not publicly assign responsibility.