Yemen slipped back into war between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government in July after years of relative calm, opening a new front in the conflict in the Middle East. (EPA Images pic)SANAA: Houthi media said on Saturday that Saudi strikes killed 11 people, including women and children, in Yemen's Sanaa province, following the return of the country's dormant civil war.

"Martyrdom of 11 citizens, among them women and children, in Saudi enemy airstrikes" on homes in the Al-Shariyah area of Sanaa province, the Houthis' Saba news agency said, adding that 20 people were wounded.

It said operations to recover victims from the rubble were ongoing and that "aircraft targeted paramedics with two strikes".