Saudi fire 'hits' market in north Yemen

Shia fighters in Yemen say Saudi forces have fired into a northern border town in support of the government's offensive against them.

The fighters say the Saudi forces hit a market full of people in Hasama with heavy weapons. The alleged attack signals increasing Saudi interference in south of its borders.

The Yemeni government, which is accused of receiving military support from Saudi Arabia by the fighters, launched an operation against the Houthis in August.

The massive operation near the border with Saudi Arabia seeks to crush the Houthis who accuse the government of neglect and discrimination against the Shia minority in the country, accounting for almost 30 percent of the country's population.

The fighting has displaced thousands of civilians in the area.

A Yemini-based UN refugee officer, Andrew Knight, said about 65,000 displaced people are in the northwestern province of Hajjah and an estimated 55,000 people are still living in Saada, mostly in abandoned buildings, in the mountains and on roadsides in the war zone.

Source: PressTV.
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