More than 50 people were reportedly killed in Yemen within 24 hours, according to a summary of the New York Times reporting in Just Security’s morning briefing of 9 November. Houthi officials said strikes on al-Shariya killed at least 27 people, and a Houthi-run news agency said a strike on a market in Taiz killed at least 30. The Houthis blamed Saudi warplanes. The briefing says Riyadh had not responded.
The briefing also cites regional officials, speaking to the Wall Street Journal, who said a Houthi drone-and-missile attack sent shrapnel into the Saudi Aramco tower in Riyadh, causing damage but no injuries. The incident comes amid the wider Iran war, in which talks and threats of renewed strikes continue.
All casualty figures come from Houthi-controlled sources and have not been independently confirmed, and the Saudi side has not publicly given its account of the strikes.
Reporting note: This is a second-hand summary of other outlets’ reporting; I could not open the original New York Times or Wall Street Journal articles. The casualty numbers are from one party to the conflict and are unverified.
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