Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Friday morning struck several sites, including a Houthi munitions depot, which sparked a massive fire.
Riyadh gave the Houthis a six-hour ultimatum on Thursday to remove its weapons from the Al Thawra Sports Complex, which is home turf for the Yemeni national football team. However, conflicting reports say the airstrikes have targeted other sites around the city and so far spared the sports arena.
Photos and videos posted on social media captured the massive explosion caused by the strike, as well as numerous other smaller explosions likely to be stored munitions “cooking off” due to the blaze.
Huge secondary explosions .. Saudi accurate intelligence gathering indicates significant shift among Houthi allies in Yemen!
They see the writing on the wall and they are leaking valuable intelligence to Saudi Arabia about Houthi targets! pic.twitter.com/wnfVB6w1BQ
— Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) December 23, 2021
While the world conscience sleeps
US backed Saudis are bombing residential areas in Sana'a of Yemen pic.twitter.com/85ftNYHvYU
— Seeker (@seeker373) December 23, 2021
However, Saudi bombs fell in other places around the capital as well. One video showed a massive crater in a Sana’a street, claimed to have been caused by an airstrike on Friday morning.
A footage taken tonight aftermath an attack by Saudi air strike on a residential area in the center of the capital Sana'a.#Yemen #YemenCantWait pic.twitter.com/qpx1ZkM1hi
— Fatik Al-Rodaini (@Fatikr) December 23, 2021
