# Mass Funeral in Sanaa After Reported Saudi-Led Airstrike in Yemen

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121166298419765437
- Source account: [@cnnarabic](https://x.com/cnnarabic)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 2026-11-13
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen) Look at the scale of this mass funeral in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=5) At least 43 people are being buried here, including reportedly 21 children and 10 women.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=12) That is according to Saba News Agency, which is run by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=18) Saba says the victims were killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a village to the east of Sanaa.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=26) Now, CNN cannot independently verify that toll.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=29) We have reached out to the Saudi government and the coalition for comment.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=34) Fighting in Yemen reignited in July after Saudi-backed forces struck Sanaa Airport to block a Houthi plane arriving from Iran.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=42) The Houthis retaliated, capturing territory near the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which is a key international shipping route.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=50) More than 2,000 people were killed or wounded in Yemen in the nine days up to November 8th.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3DdBdwGEV1oL/en/mass-funeral-in-sanaa-after-reported-saudi-led-airstrike-in-yemen?t=56) That's according to the World Health Organization, and the daily average is rising sharply as the fighting continues.