Sanaa, January 18 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have been killed in a series of air raids by Saudi Arabia on police buildings in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa as well as other areas across the war-torn Arab state.

Medical sources and police said on Monday that the overnight air strikes hit a local police building and the headquarters of the traffic police in the Yemeni capital, killing at least 26 people and injuring scores more.

Saudi fighter jets also targeted several locations in the southern province of Ta’izz, with reports that three civilians were killed in an air raid on a house in Dhubab district.

Yemen’s al-Masirah TV said Saudi warplanes also carried out attacks in the western province of Amran, while residential areas also came under attack in the northern province of Jawf.