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Saturday 18 April 2015 - 17:51
Story Code : 160749

Clashes, airstrikes in Yemens Ta'izz kill 27: Sources

Clashes between forces loyal to Yemens fugitive former president and popular committees forces, backed by Ansarullah fighters, as well as Saudi airstrikes have left at least 27 people dead in southwest Yemen, medical sources say.

Sources in the city of Ta'izzreleased the death toll on Saturday, with residents saying that the city was the scene of explosions and gunfire between the warring sides overnight.

According to a medical source, the dead included 19 members of the popular committees, four soldiers of a mechanized army unit loyal to former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, and four other pro-Hadi fighters.

On Friday, Saudi air raids targeted a presidential palace in Ta'izzand the positions of the popular committees in Yemens third largest city.

Fresh Saudi attacks across Yemen

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabias air campaign targeted several other areas across Yemen on Saturday, including Faj Attan area in the western part of the capital, Sanaa, as well an educational center in the Tayal Khawlan district.

The northwestern Yemeni city of Saada also witnessed similar assaults. However, no casualties have been reported yet.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] The remains of the Republican Palace in the southwestern Yemeni city of Ta'izz pictured on April 17, 2015 following a Saudi air raid ( AFP)[/caption]

 

Saudi Arabias air campaign against Yemen started on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

The Houthis say Hadis government failed to properly run the affairs of the country and contain the growing wave of corruption and terror.

Earlier this week, Colonel Sharaf Luqman, the spokesman for Yemens armed forces and popular committees, said civilians and Yemeni infrastructure have been the target of the Saudi aggression, during which over 2,600 people have been killed so far.

The United Nations has called for an immediate humanitarian pause of at least a few hours each day to allow deliveries of urgently needed aid to the conflict-weary country.

By Press TV
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