Saudi Warplanes Strike Building of Yemen’s Defense Ministry in Sana’a
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Saudi warplanes carried out airstrikes on Yemen's Defense Ministry and a nearby residential building in the capital Sana'a, local sources reported.
Citing local source, Yemeni al-Masirah television network reported that the ministry's building sustained damage in the late Friday raid, while another airstrike carried out shortly afterwards against 12 houses left at least eight people wounded.
The TV added that the number of casualties would likely rise due to the magnitude of the destruction.
For their part, witnesses said that the fighter jets continued to circle in the skies above the Yemeni capital for some time after the strikes.
The aerial raids came four days after Saudi Arabia announced the closure of all land, air and sea ports in Yemen. Riyadh's decision was made after Yemeni forces, backed by popular Ansarullah revolutionaries, launched a Burkan H2 long-range missile at King Khalid International Airport in northeastern Riyadh late on Saturday.
Since March 2015, the Saudi regime has been heavily bombarding Yemen as part of a brutal campaign against its impoverished southern neighbor.
Latest figures show that the war has so far killed over 12,000 Yemenis and wounded thousands more. The military campaign has also taken a heavy toll on the country's facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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