HAJJA, 16 Nov — Saudi fighter jets Monday night bombed a number of targets near the port of Midi in Hajja, the Islamist website, Alsahwa said quoting sources at Yemen’s coastguard in Midi. The sources said “the air strikes hit targets in Yemen’s Small Ashaq island near the Saudi Large Ashaq island,” adding “the shelling hit some areas near the island of Midi and intelligence officers from the Political Security Organization and military intelligence rushed to the scene to investigate.” A number of Yemeni fishermen in Midi told reporters they heard explosions near their boats and voiced fear they could be targeted and appealed to the Yemeni government to ask Saudis to be careful saying “we are merely fishermen trying to make a living and we have women and children to look after.” Meanwhile, the independent news website, News Yemen Monday quoted the head of the local council in Midi, Taha al-Atas as saying “two fighter jets fired a number of missiles at the back end of Midi port and also fired near fishing boats,” adding “one of the jets came from the south and the other came from the north but no human or material damage was inflicted.” Saudi navy had announced it is monitoring the Yemeni port of Midi to prevent arms supplies from reaching the rebels.









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