Saudi Warplanes Continue Bombing Yemen despite Pandemic, Month of Fasting

By Staff, Agencies

Saudi warplanes bombarded several towns and districts in Yemen’s north, northwest, center, and west regardless of the Coronavirus outbreak in the country and the holy month of fasting, the month of Ramadan.

The towns of al-Khob and al-Sha’ab in northern al-Jawf Province, the Shada’a district of northwestern Sa’ada Province, and Qanieh region in the central province of al-Bayda were all targeted by Saudi warplanes on Wednesday, local sources reported.

The sources said several districts in Yemen’s western coastal province of al-Hudaydah also came under Saudi-led coalition attacks.

The attacks destroyed several residential buildings and inflicted other material damage, but there was no immediate word on possible human losses.

As the holy month of Ramadan started, the Saudi-led military coalition waging war on Yemen, decided to “extend the ceasefire for a month,” according to its spokesman Turki al-Maliki.

Relatively, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, dismissed the Saudi-led coalition’s extension of the unilateral ceasefire in the war-ravaged Arab country by one month, saying Yemenis are expecting serious actions rather than words, which are simply media maneuver.

The Saudi-led coalition invaded Yemen in 2015. Since then, over 100,000 people have lost their lives, according to the US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project [ACLED].