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Saudi attacks claim three lives in Yemen

Wednesday, 11 January 2017 9:25 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 11 January 2017 11:27 AM ]

Yemenis search for survivors under rubble at the al-Zaydiya security headquarters, which was destroyed by Saudi airstrikes, in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, October 30, 2016. (Photo by AP)

At least three Yemenis have been killed in separate attacks by the Saudi military targeting western Yemen.

On Wednesday, the Saudi aircraft bombarded the port city of al-Hudaydah in west-central Yemen, killing two people, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported.

Separately, Saudi border guards opened fire at residential structures in a village in the Monabbih district of Sa’ada Province, which is located in Yemen’s extreme northwest. The attack left a civilian dead.

Saudi warplanes also dropped cluster bombs on the Wadi al-Jarrah base controlled by Yemeni forces in the kingdom’s Jizan region.

Also on Wednesday, counterattacks by Yemeni snipers killed two Saudi troops at Jizan’s al-Farizah military base.

Yemeni forces also aborted an attempt by Saudi-allied militants to advance in al-Ghayl District of northwestern al-Jawf Province.

Saudi-allied militants patrol Yemen's western Dhubab District, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, January 9, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

The operation killed and injured a number of the militants.

The Saudi war against Yemen, which started in March 2015, has so far killed over 11,400 people, according to the latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.

The invasion is aimed at restoring power to Riyadh-allied former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The Yemeni army, backed by Ansarullah fighters and allied popular forces, has been defending the country against the Saudi aggression.

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