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Saudi warplanes bomb scientific center in Yemeni capital

People inspect the rubble of destroyed houses in the village of Bani Matar, 70 kilometers (43 miles) West of Sana'a, on April 4, 2015, a day after it was hit by a Saudi airstrike. © AFP

Saudi warplanes have bombarded a scientific center in the Yemeni capital, but there have been no immediate reports of casualties

The latest Saudi airstrike targeted the Abu Nashtan scientific center in Sana’a’s Arhab district on late Thursday.

Saudi warplanes also launched rocket attacks on the Monabeh region in Yemen’s northern province of Sa'ada.

Meanwhile, the death toll from a late Wednesday Saudi airstrike on a bridge and a gas station in the region of Houth in the northwestern province of Amran rose to 33.

Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen started on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. It has drawn widespread condemnation from international rights groups.

Civilians and Yemeni infrastructure have been the target of the Saudi aggression against Yemen.

According to Yemeni sources, around 2,600 people have been killed in the Saudi military campaign over the past three weeks.

The humanitarian situation in Yemen is rapidly deteriorating. Many international aid organizations have sought clearances to dispatch medical and other humanitarian supplies by air and sea to civilians in need.

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