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Saudi warplanes hit areas in central, southern Yemen

A Yemeni man walks along a damaged street following a Saudi airstrike against a missile depot on Fajj Attan hill in the southern part of the capital, Sana’a, April 20, 2015. (© AFP)

Saudi fighter jets have pounded areas in the central and southern parts of Yemen as Riyadh continues its military campaign against the impoverished country.

On Thursday evening, Saudi military aircraft targeted the al-Hilan and Kufal regions in Yemen’s central province of Ma’rib, Yemen-based Arabic-language Khabar news agency reported.

There is still no word on possible casualties, though.

Saudi jets also bombarded an oil facility in the city of Sirwah, which lies about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of the capital, Sana’a, causing huge material damage to the site.

Separately, Saudi warplanes pounded al-Solban Special Forces camp, the airport, the Jazirat al-Ummal district and several other areas in the southern port city of Aden, situated 346 kilometers (214 miles) south of Sana’a, late on Thursday.

Saudi fighter jets also launched an airstrike against a school in the al-Hawtah district of the southwestern province of Lahij. There were no immediate reports on the extent of damage.

Yemeni men check a damaged street following a Saudi airstrike against a missile depot on Fajj Attan hill in the southern part of the capital, Sana’a, April 20, 2015. (© AFP)

 

Earlier on Thursday, at least 20 people lost their lives after Saudi military aircraft targeted two schools and a gym in the southern city of al-Dhale.

Saudi artillery shells also targeted the two areas of al-Mosalas and al-Hesameh in the northwestern province of Sa’ada near the border with Saudi Arabia.

Moreover, Saudi military fired artillery shells on the Mazraq refugee camp in Yemen’s northern province of Hajjah near the Saudi border.

Yemeni men rest in their beds at a hospital in the capital, Sana’a, on April 21, 2015, a day after they were wounded in a Saudi airstrike against a military base on Fajj Attan hill. (© AFP)

 

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to reports, nearly 1,000 people have been killed during the military aggression.

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