12 Killed in US Strike on Yemen’s Capital, Houthi-Run Ministry Says

The Houthis currently control an area of Yemen covering about 80 percent of the country’s population of 32 million.

Fire and smoke billows from the site of an air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 19, 2025. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

At least 12 people have been killed and 30 more have been wounded following a U.S. strike on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital city of Sanaa, according to local health officials.

In an April 21 statement, Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Health Ministry reported that U.S. aircraft struck the Farwa neighborhood market in Sanaa overnight on April 20 and April 21.