Fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen’s southwestern Ibb Province have claimed the lives of at least six school students, in the latest military aggression of the Arab country against Yemeni civilians.
According to reports, Saudi-led warplanes pounded the province on Tuesday under the pretext of bombing the Yemeni army’s Al Hamza Brigade.
Saudi Arabia’s military aggression against Yemen started on March 26, without a UN mandate, in a bid to restore power to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. The airstrikes have killed hundreds of people and injured thousands more.
Houthi fighters have taken over state matters, citing the inability of Hadi’s former government to properly run the affairs of the country and contain terror and corruption.
In February, Hadi fled the capital, Sana’a, to the southern city of Aden, where he sought to set up a rival base. Hadi had stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Houthi revolutionaries. The then parliament, however, rejected his resignation, which he later withdrew in Aden.
Popular committees backed by Houthi fighters are continuing their advances despite the Saudi attacks while also stepping up their fight against al-Qaeda terrorists and secured many areas from the militants.
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