Video shows Saudi forces firing rockets at Shia homes in Awamiyah

A footage circulating on social media shows Saudi soldiers atop rooftops in Awamiyah firing a full array of weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, at residential buildings in the besieged Shia-populated town.

More than people have been killed and many others wounded in more than 80 days of tensions in Awamiyah, as the regime continues with its heavy-handed crackdown in Eastern Province.

Awamiyah has witnessed an increase in anti-regime protests and an ensuing crackdown, with the Saudi regime pushing ahead with its controversial razing of the al-Masoura neighborhood.

Authorities claim the district’s narrow streets have become a hideout for militants which they accuse of being behind attacks on security forces in Eastern Province.

Security forces equipped with heavy weapons have been deployed in Awamiyah since May 10, following fierce clashes between the regime forces and locals protesting against the destruction.

Bulldozers escorted by heavily armored military vehicles have demolished several houses, businesses and historical sites across the Shia-majority region over the past few weeks.

Ali al-Dubisi, the head of the Berlin-based European Saudi Organization for Human Rights, on Sunday expressed serious concerns over the situation in Awamiyah.

He said the regime forces were following a scorched land policy in the region, launching endless rocket attacks and shelling residential buildings and civilians there.

Residents, he said, are barricaded in their homes but they are resisting Saudi pressures to evacuate the area.