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Fresh Saudi air raids against Yemen claim 15 civilian lives

Monday, 03 July 2017 5:37 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 03 July 2017 5:38 PM ]

A Yemeni man reacts over the grave of a loved one in a cemetery in the capital Sana’a on June 25, 2017 after the Eid al-Fitr prayer, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by AFP)

More than a dozen civilians have been killed when Saudi military aircraft carried out separate airstrikes against various areas across Yemen as the Saudi regime presses ahead with an atrocious military campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.

Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said fifteen people lost their lives on Monday when Saudi fighter jets bombarded a residential building in the Yakhtal area of the Red Sea port city of Mokha, situated 346 kilometers south of the capital, Sana’a, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported.

The sources noted that the fatalities included seven children and eight women.

Earlier in the day, Saudi warplanes had carried out seven aerial assaults against a mechanized infantry camp in the Harf Sufyan district of Yemen's northwestern province of ‘Amran. There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damaged inflicted though.

Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah fighters shout slogans during a gathering in the capital Sana’a on June 18, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Meanwhile, Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, struck Moannaq military camp in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan, located 969 kilometers south of the capital Riyadh, in response to Al Saud regime’s deadly airstrikes against their conflict-stricken country.

A Yemeni military official, requesting anonymity, said several Saudi soldiers were killed and wounded as artillery rounds rained down on the camp.

Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to reinstate Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, and to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement. The Riyadh regime has, however, failed to reach its goals despite suffering great expense.

The military aggression has claimed the lives of more than 12,000 people, mostly civilians.

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