DOHA, March 16. /TASS/. At least 31 civilians have been killed and more than 100 others wounded as a result of US strikes on Sanaa, Yemen’s capital city, controlled by the Ansar Allah Houthi movement, and other regions of the country, the movement's Health Ministry Spokesman Anis al-Asbahi said.
"According to preliminary reports, the US aggression targeting civilian and residential areas in the Sanaa, Sadah, Al Bayda provinces and [the city of] Rada’a killed 31 people and injured 101 others," he wrote on his X page. According to al-Asbahi, most of the dead and wounded are women and children.
On March 15, under the order of President Donald Trump, the US Armed Forces launched large-scale strikes on Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen.
According to the US Central Command, the operation aims to protect American interests and ensure freedom of navigation. The Ansar Allah movement has vowed to retaliate, claiming that the strikes are targeting civilian sites.