Saudi Bombers Continue Massacring Civilians in Yemen

Rasa - The Saudi-led coalition fighter jets hit residential areas in Yemen's Sa'ada province, and killed and wounded scores of civilians as Riyadh's air campaign against the Arab country has so far killed more than 15,500 Yemenis.

News ID: 435749

Date: 12 January 2018 - 08:35

RNA - Saudi warplanes bombarded a popular outdoor market in the Kitaf wa al-Boqe'e district of the province on Wednesday evening, leaving 10 people killed and one person injured, World News reported.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to fugitive President Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 15,500 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

The World Health Organisation has also reported that almost 500 cases of diphtheria are suspected in Yemen.

The cholera outbreak in Yemen which began in April, has also claimed over 2,200 lives and has infected about one million people, as the nation has been suffering from what the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as the “largest epidemic in the world” amid a non-stop bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia.

Also Riyadh's deadly campaign prevented the patients from traveling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

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