Yemen’s National Human Rights Commission, in a statement, denounced the Saudi air raids against five residential houses in Ash Sharyah village of the Bani Hushaysh district, east of Sana’a, as “a war crime.”
This picture shows the aftermath of Saudi airstrikes against residential buildings in Ash Sharyah village of the Bani Hushaysh district, east of Sana’a, Yemen, on November 7, 2026.
A Yemeni human rights monitoring center has called for the formation of an independent and international committee to investigate the ongoing Saudi acts of aggression against popular markets and civilian neighborhoods, after dozens of people, mostly women and children, were killed in airstrikes near Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.
Yemen’s National Human Rights Commission, in a statement released late on Saturday, denounced the Saudi air raids against five residential houses in Ash Sharyah village of the Bani Hushaysh district, east of Sana’a, as “a war crime”, urging the international community to fulfill its responsibilities in response to the Saudi atrocities.
The Sana’a-based monitor emphasized that the massacre in Ash Sharyah village could not be viewed as an isolated incident, but rather falls within the framework of an ongoing Saudi genocidal campaign against the Yemeni nation.
The commission added that Saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians and destroyed civilian facilities and infrastructure in various Yemeni provinces.
The monitoring center held the Saudi government legally and criminally responsible for all crimes against Yemeni civilians, stressing that these brutalities have been documented by name, voice, and image, and will never be forgotten with the passing of time.
The Yemeni human rights monitoring center called on the international community to vehemently condemn Saudi crimes, break its shameful silence, establish an independent committee to probe into atrocities against Yemeni people, and stop the sale of weapons to the Saudi military.
The Yemeni al-Masirah TV reported on Saturday that at least 27 people, mostly women and children, were killed and more than 36 were wounded in Saudi airstrikes near Sana’a.
Spokesperson for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement on social media platform X that Saudi forces had carried out 105 airstrikes and missile attacks on Sana’a and seven other Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, claiming dozens of casualties, mostly women and children.
On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in response to “an unjust and oppressive siege” on Yemen for almost 12 years.
Subsequently, the Yemeni armed forces have reported a series of successful missions that have targeted vessels associated with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen, initiating a comprehensive military offensive that received support in terms of military, political, and logistical assistance from the United States and several Western countries.
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have lost their lives; however, Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reestablishing a puppet government that served its interests.
