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Sunday 14 February 2016 - 13:09
Story Code : 201557

Saudi warplanes conduct airstrikes across Yemen

Saudi warplanesconducted new airstrikes across Yemen on Sunday as the regime in Riyadh goes on with its relentless campaign against the impoverished country.

The Saudi jets pounded a sewing factory in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing 11civilians and injuring four others.

Riyadh's military aircraft also bombarded the Bani Matar district of the capital.

The Sabrah district of the southwestern province ofIbb was also targeted. There were noimmediate reportsonpossible casualties and the extent ofdamage.

At least five Yemeni civilians lost their lives and several others sustained injuries following Saudi airstrikes on the historical city of Kawkaban in the western province ofMahwit.

Inthe Sirwahdistrict of Ma'rib Province, a number of houses and a mosque were demolished by Saudi jets.

Yemeni forces continue retaliatory attacks on Saudi soil

In another development, the Yemeni army fired a Qaher ballistic missile at the international airport of the southwestern Saudi city ofAbha, located in the Asir region on Sunday.

Separately, Saudi media reported that the countrys army managed to intercept and destroy a ballistic missile fired from Yemen at the southwestern Saudi city ofKhamis Mushait.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] People inspect the damage following a Saudi airstrike in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, February 12, 2016. AFP[/caption]

Since March 26, 2015, Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia with the declared aim of undermining the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restoring power to the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Riyadh ally.

Nearly 8,300 people, among them over 2,230children, have reportedly been killed and over 16,000 others injured since the onset of the campaign. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished countrys infrastructure.

Yemenis have been carrying out retaliatory attacks on the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.

By Press TV
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