Saudi jets in heaviest Ramadan bombing of Yemen

Saudi warplanes have carried out the kingdom’s heaviest bombardment of the Yemeni soil since the onset of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, targeting the vicinity of the Presidential Palace in the capital Sana’a.

The aircraft pounded al-Nahdain Mountain in the south of the city five times early Monday, Yemen’s official. The strikes destroyed several residential buildings and inflicted other material damage, but there was no immediate word on possible casualties.

Also on Monday, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network released footage of the damage caused a day earlier by Saudi airstrikes on a health center in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, used to treat cholera patients.