Editorial illustration about emergency response and civilian displacement in southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen

هَجَماتٌ حُوثِيَّةٌ تُصيبُ ثَلاثَةً وَسَبْعينَ مَدَنِيًّا فِي جَنوبِ السُّعُودِيَّةِ

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قَالَتِ السُّلُطاتُ السُّعُودِيَّةُ، يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ، إِنَّ هَجَماتٍ حُوثِيَّةً أَصابَتْ ثَلاثَةً وَسَبْعينَ مَدَنِيًّا، بَيْنَهُمْ نِساءٌ وَأَطْفالٌ، فِي أَرْبَعِ مُدُنٍ بِجَنوبِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ. وَأَفادَ تَحالُفُ دَعْمِ الشَّرْعِيَّةِ فِي الْيَمَنِ بِأَنَّ الْهَجَماتِ طالَتْ أَبْها وَخَميسَ مُشَيْطٍ وَجازانَ وَنَجْرانَ.

وَقالَتْ وِزارَةُ الطّاقَةِ السُّعُودِيَّةُ إِنَّ حَرائِقَ اِنْدَلَعَتْ فِي عِدَّةِ مَواقِعَ، وَإِنَّ الْهَجَماتِ تَسَبَّبَتْ فِي تَوَقُّفِ بَعْضِ الْعَمَلِيّاتِ مُؤَقَّتًا. وَبَدَأَتْ فِرَقٌ مُتَخَصِّصَةٌ إِخْمادَ الْحَرائِقِ، وَتَأْمينَ الْمَواقِعِ، وَتَقْييمَ الْأَضْرارِ.

وَأَعْلَنَ الْحُوثِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ أَطْلَقُوا صَوارِيخَ وَطائِراتٍ مُسَيَّرَةً نَحْوَ مَواقِعَ فِي السُّعُودِيَّةِ. وَقالُوا إِنَّ الْهَجَماتِ جاءَتْ رَدًّا عَلَى ضَرَباتٍ سُعُودِيَّةٍ فِي الْيَمَنِ. وَلَمْ تُؤَكَّدْ جَميعُ تَفاصيلِ إِعْلاناتِهِمْ مِنْ مَصادِرَ مُسْتَقِلَّةٍ.

وَجاءَتِ الْهَجَماتُ مَعَ تَصاعُدِ الْقِتالِ بَيْنَ الْحُوثِيِّينَ وَالْقُوّاتِ الْحُكُومِيَّةِ الْيَمَنِيَّةِ الْمَدْعومَةِ مِنَ السُّعُودِيَّةِ. وَقالَتِ الْمُنَظَّمَةُ الدُّوَلِيَّةُ لِلْهِجْرَةِ إِنَّ التَّصاعُدَ أَدّى إِلى نُزوحِ نَحْوِ ١٨٬٥٠٠ شَخْصٍ فِي تَعِزَّ وَالْحُدَيْدَةِ خِلالَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيّامٍ.

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Saudi Authorities Say Houthi Attacks Injured 73 Civilians

Saudi authorities said on Tuesday that Houthi attacks injured 73 civilians, including women and children, in four cities in the south of the kingdom. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said the attacks hit Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran.

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said fires broke out at several sites and that the attacks temporarily stopped some operations. Specialized teams began putting out the fires, securing the sites, and assessing the damage.

The Houthis said that they fired missiles and drones toward sites in Saudi Arabia. They said the attacks were a response to Saudi strikes in Yemen. Not all details of their announcements have been independently confirmed.

The attacks came as fighting escalated between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces. The International Organization for Migration said that the escalation displaced about 18,500 people in Taiz and Hodeidah over three days.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
هَجَماتٍ noun attacks
مَدَنِيًّا noun civilian
تَوَقُّفِ noun stoppage
مُؤَقَّتًا adverb temporarily
مُتَخَصِّصَةٌ adjective specialized
إِخْمادَ noun putting out; extinguishing
تَقْييمَ noun assessment
مُسَيَّرَةً adjective unmanned; drone
تَصاعُدِ noun escalation
نُزوحِ noun displacement

Sources

  1. الجزيرة نت: عشرات الإصابات وحرائق في السعودية إثر هجمات حوثية وتوسع المعارك باليمن
  2. الجزيرة نت: وزارة الطاقة السعودية: هجمات حوثية توقف عمليات في منشآت طاقة

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