Airstrike kills 22 people near Yemen's capital, Houthi official says

Airstrikes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killed at least 22 people, including many women and children, according to Houthi officials. This follows another deadly strike on a market in southern Yemen, highlighting the escalating violence in the country's civil war.
Why it matters
The ongoing conflict in Yemen continues to cause a severe humanitarian crisis with high civilian casualties, drawing international concern.
Cairo Airstrikes hit homes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Saturday (November 7, 2026), killing at least 22 people and wounding 30 others, mostly women and children, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthi-run Health Ministry said. Airstrikes on market in southwestern Yemen kill at least 30, Houthis say Airstrikes on market in southwestern Yemen kill at least 30, Houthis say A Houthi Health Ministry spokesperson, Anees Alsabahi, told Houthi-run TV Al Masirah that 15 people were also wounded in the airstrikes on the market in al-Waziyah in the province of Taiz Airstrikes on market in southwestern Yemen kill at least 30, Houthis say storyline 1 Speaking to The Associated Press, Anees Alasbahi accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the strikes on al-Shariya. The AP could not independently verify the claims, and Saudi Arabia's Information Ministry did not immediately reply to an AP request for comment.
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