A series of Saudi airstrikes against residential neighborhoods across Yemen have killed at least two women and injured several others, as conflict intensifies between the Sana’a-based Yemeni government on one side and Riyadh and the Saudi-backed forces on the other.

Yemen’s official Saba news agency, citing local sources, reported that a woman was killed and a girl sustained injuries after Saudi fighter jets dropped bombs on an area in the Bakil al-Mir district of in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah on Thursday morning.

The development came hours after a woman lost her life and eight people were wounded when a Saudi airstrike targeted a residential building in the Dhubab district of Yemen’ southwestern province of Ta’izz.

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Hizam al-Asad, a member of Ansarullah’s political bureau, warned that government agencies and state institutions would be considered legitimate targets for retaliatory action by the Yemeni army if Saudi Arabia raises the ante.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said in a statement on Thursday that two people – a Saudi national and an Indian resident – were killed in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in the eastern city of Dammam.

The GACA also said the attack which took place on Wednesday left eight people wounded.

Earlier in the day, two people were killed after Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield.

The Sana’a administration announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on July 20, in retaliation for an “unjust and oppressive siege” on Yemen that has continued for almost 12 years.

The Yemeni military has reported multiple successful operations targeting ships associated with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies enacted a blockade on Yemen and initiated a large-scale military campaign, with support from the United States and various Western nations in terms of military, political, and logistical resources.

The war has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Yemenis. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia has not succeeded in achieving its goal of restoring a puppet government that aligns with its interests.