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30 die in Soddy bombing raids
 At least 30 Yemeni civilians have been martyred and many others were injured as Saudi-led coalition intensifies it brutal aggression against the Arab impoverished country.In a new violation to the UN-brokered ceasefire, in effect since April, Saudi-led warplanes stage several raids in several residential areas across Yemen on Tuesday. Yemen airstrikeAt least 14 people were martyred when the Saudi fighter jets bombed everal targets in the capital, Sana'a, including a food factory. Saudi warplanes also bombed an area in the Kushar district of the northwestern Hajjah Province, killing three people and injuring several others. Elsewhere, the Saudi air raids hit the al-Sama military base in the Arhab district of Sana’a Province as well as the military base of Hamza in the province of Ibb. Two civilians lost their lives in an airstrike on a fuel station in Ibb. Saudi military aircraft also carried out five raids on the Taiz airport. Later in the day, they targeted Wazaiyah District in the province, leaving seven people dead. Riyadh’s jets further launched over a dozen attacks against the districts of Saqayn and Sahar in the northern province of Saada and the headquarters of the 310th Armored Brigade in Amran Province. At least six civilians died in similar Saudi raids in the Qatabir region of Saada. Earlier on Saturday, the UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced that peace talks to end the country's deadly crisis would go into a one-month recess. The talks, held in Kuwait, have failed to make any tangible headway, and no venue was announced for the talks when they resume. More from Al-Arabiya: A Saudi-led military coalition conducted air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday for the first time in five months, residents said, after UN-backed peace talks to end the conflict broke down over the weekend. The Saudi-led coalition is backing Yemeni forces loyal to the exiled government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi who are trying to oust Iran-allied Houthi forces from Sanaa. The coalition also forced the suspension of flights into Sanaa International Airport for 72 hours from late on Monday, an airport official and aid agency sources said. The air strikes hit a presidential compound and military base in Sanaa as well as a Republican Guard base in the Arhab area near the airport, residents said. Pro-government forces are trying to advance into the city from the north and east. In a separate development, residents in Azzan in Yemen's southern Shabwa province said Al Qaeda militants had dismantled their checkpoints and had withdrawn from the city on Tuesday following air strikes - apparently by the Saudi-led coalition forces - targeting their positions there. The militants took advantage of the country's wartime chaos to seize control of much of southern Yemen, but have suffered military setbacks inflicted by coalition-backed local forces. Saudi Arabia and its mostly Gulf Arab allies intervened in Yemen's civil war in March 2015 after the armed Houthi movement had pushed the Hadi administration into exile in Saudi Arabia. The coalition has launched thousands of air attacks on the Houthis and their allies in Yemen's army, but paused the strikes on Sanaa in March after reaching an informal agreement with the Houthis to tamp down combat on the Yemeni-Saudi border. Imposing a near-blockade aimed at weapons shipments to the Houthis, the coalition had mostly allowed Sanaa airport to operate civilian and humanitarian aid flights since March. Posted by: badanov 2016-08-10 |
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