At least five people have been killed and 10 others wounded in Saudi Arabias latest air raids in Yemens southwestern province of Taizz.
The casualties came after Saudi jets targeted 12 trucks carrying fuel and foodstuff in the Mukha district of Taizz on Tuesday, the Yemeni al-Masirah news channel reported.
Yemeni sources also reported that Saudi fighter jets attacked a tourism center in the Sawan neighborhood, located east of the capital Sanaa late on Monday. There was no report of possible casualties.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Yemenis donate blood for the victims of Saudi airstrikes, at a makeshift blood-bank north of the capital, Sanaa, September 7, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
Meanwhile, reports sat more foreign forces are joining Saudi troops in their ground invasion of Yemen. According to Kuwaits al-Watan newspaper, some 6,000 Sudanese soldiers are expected to join the Saudi forces in the ground war on the impoverished country.
On Monday, Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news channel reported that around 1,000 Qatari military forces had joined the Saudi troops in Yemen. The troops, backed by more than 200 armored vehicles and 30 Apache combat helicopters, entered Yemen through Saudi Arabias al-Wadia border crossing.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Tanks and armored vehicles belonging to the Saudi military are deployed on the outskirts of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, August 3, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
Media close to Yemens fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi also claim that Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt are set to dispatch troops to the Yemeni provinces of Aden, Taizz, Marib and Hudaydah.
On March 26, Saudi Arabia began its aggression against Yemen without a UN mandate in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
The conflict has so far left about 4,500 people dead and thousands of others wounded, the UN says. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher.