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Saudi jets target Yemen food trucks

Sunday, 03 May 2015 6:34 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 03 May 2015 8:11 AM ]

Yemeni armed men and citizens gather around a crater left following a Saudi airstrike in the capital, Sana’a, on May 2, 2015. © AFP

Saudi fighter jets have targeted two trucks of food in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada amid the deepening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Arab country.

The fresh airstrikes were carried out on Sunday in the Malahidh area near the Saudi border.

Saudi fighter jets also struck Adan’s International Airport after the popular committees, loyal to Ansarullah fighters, took full control of the site.

The Saudi warplanes also bombarded Wadi Lieh district in the province.

There have been no immediate reports about the casualties of the attacks.

Saudi authorities have defied numerous warnings of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen and blocked relief aid shipments to Yemen.

The UN says key infrastructure including water supplies, health services and telecommunications in Yemen are on the verge of collapse.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Johannes van der Klaauw warned on Saturday of imminent collapse of the country’s infrastructure due to a major fuel shortage in the war-torn country.

A Yemeni boy sits on the rubble of houses destroyed by an overnight Saudi airstrike on a residential area in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on May 1, 2015. © AFP

“The services still available in the country in terms of health, water, and food are quickly disappearing because fuel is no longer being brought into the country,” van der Klaauw said.

Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

On April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful military operations, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers targeting different areas across the country in a new phase.

On Friday, the World Health Organization said 1,244 Yemenis lost their lives and 5,044 others were injured from March 19 to April 27. Hundreds of women and children are among the victims, according to the WHO.

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