Five civilians were killed in a Saudi attack on Saada while the Yemeni armed forces launched ballistic missile strikes.
Saudi artillery shelling hit the Shada border district in northern Yemen's Saada province today, killing at least five civilians, according to Yemeni sources quoted by Al-Jazeera reporter Nabil al-Yousifi.
The bombing hit residential areas in the northern bastion against the backdrop of an escalation of Saudi artillery campaigns and airstrikes throughout Saada, Taiz and Lahij.
In response, Yemen's armed forces announced that they carried out ground attacks on military positions in Taiz and launched six ballistic missiles aimed at Saudi-backed military camps.