Yemen and the Red Sea

Houthi-run Sanaa health ministry says two Saudi airstrikes north-west of Sanaa seriously wounded two civilians, including a woman

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Shamlan / Al-Jamana areas, north-west of Sanaa (factory sites not geolocated — ±12 km)
Actors
Saudi Arabia
Importance
Standard

Al Mayadeen English, citing the Ministry of Health of the Houthi-run Sanaa government, reported late on 8 October 2026 that two civilians, one of them a woman, were seriously wounded in two Saudi airstrikes on areas north-west of the Yemeni capital. Citing the Sanaa-based Saba news agency, it said the strikes targeted a sponge factory in the Shamlan area and the Sama Al-Nahda factory for building and electrical materials in the Al-Jamana area, north of Sanaa. Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition have not commented on these specific strikes.

  • Injuries: Best 2 · Confidence: Estimated · Evidence: Sanaa health ministry: two civilians seriously wounded in two Saudi airstrikes north-west of Sanaa; Saba names Shamlan and Al-Jamana factories, Sanaa health ministry: two civilians including a woman seriously injured in two Saudi airstrikes north-west of Sanaa · Two civilians seriously wounded, one a woman, per the Sanaa health ministry.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Sanaa health ministry: two civilians seriously wounded in two Saudi airstrikes north-west of Sanaa; Saba names Shamlan and Al-Jamana factories, Sanaa health ministry: two civilians including a woman seriously injured in two Saudi airstrikes north-west of Sanaa

Single chain of claim: the Houthi-run Sanaa health ministry and Saba, relayed by Al Mayadeen English. No Saudi or coalition confirmation and no independent imagery. Factory locations named but not geolocated.