Saudi Warplanes Destroy School in Northern Yemen

Rasa - Saudi fighter jets pounded several areas across Yemen, causing major damage to the country's National Security Building in Sana'a and destroying a school in the Sahar district of Sa'ada province on Wednesday.

News ID: 423542

Date: 14 September 2016 - 23:10

RNA - The Al Aqab school in Sahar city was targeted several times and destroyed by the Saudi fighter jets.

Meantime, Yemen's national security building in Sana'a city was raided by the Saudi warplanes and sustained major damage.

There is yet no report on the precise number of those killed in the Saudi airstrikes.

On Monday, the Saudi fighter jets killed several people after striking residential areas in Sa'ada province in Northern Yemen.

Saudi airstrikes killed at least 12 civilians and injured 10 others in the area of al-Mahazer in the Sahar district of Sa’ada.

According to the report, the Saudi jets conducted seven air raids in the area.

Two other people were killed as Saudi jets pounded the district of Baqem in the same province. The aerial attacks also left one person injured.

Warplanes also bombed the district of Bakil Al Mir in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah and the district of Kahbob in Ta’iz Province in southern Yemen.

Several areas in the district of Bani al-Hareth, North of Sana’a, were also targeted by Saudi jets.

However, there were no immediate reports on possible casualties and the extent of damage caused in the latter air raids.

Saudi Arabia has been pounding Yemen since March 2015, with the UN putting the death toll from the military aggression at over 10,000. The offensive was launched to reinstate fugitive Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has resigned as Yemen’s president.

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