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Saudi airstrike leaves ten civilians dead in southern Yemen

Saturday, 11 February 2017 7:36 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 11 February 2017 7:36 PM ]

A Yemeni boy looks on as Yemenis search under the rubble of damaged houses following Saudi airstrikes on the outskirts of the capital, Sana’a, on February 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Nearly a dozen civilians have lost their lives when Saudi military aircraft carried out an airstrike against a residential neighborhood in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz.

Ten civilians were killed on Saturday afternoon, when Saudi warplanes struck a house in the Red Sea port city of Mukha, situated 346 kilometers south of the capital, Sana'a, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.

Later in the day, Yemeni army forces, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, targeted a gathering of militiamen loyal to resigned president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the al-Ghayl district of Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf, leaving scores of them dead and injured.

Yemeni soldiers and their allies also fired several artillery shells at al-Karas, al-Zaqilah and al-Qawiyah military camps in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of of Jizan on Saturday.

There were no immediate reports about casualties and the extent of damage caused though.

Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah fighters, dressed in army fatigues, march in a parade during a gathering in the capital, Sana’a, on January 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Yemeni troops and Popular Committees fighters also struck an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle with a guided rocket in the al-Raqabah al-Hajlah area of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Najran.

According to the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, the Yemeni conflict has claimed the lives of 10,000 people and left 40,000 others wounded.

McGoldrick told reporters in Sana’a on January 16 that the figure is based on lists of victims gathered by health facilities and the actual number might be higher.

Local sources, however, say the Saudi war, which was launched in March 2015 in an attempt to bring back the country's former government to power, has so far claimed the lives of at least 11,400 Yemenis.

The military aggression has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.

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