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Saudi Arabia launches new airstrikes against Yemen

Saudi warplanes carry out a new round of airstrikes against Yemen.

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Yemenis search for survivors under the rubble of houses in the old city of the capital, Sana’a, on June 12, 2015 following an overnight Saudi airstrike. (© AFP)

Saudi Arabia’s deadly air campaign against Yemen continues unabated, with the latest Saudi airstrikes targeting the impoverished country’s north.

Yemeni media reported on Saturday that Saudi warplanes hit the northern province of Sa’ada more than 15 times; three civilians also sustained injuries in an attack on Hajjah Province.

Separately, the Saudi military fired 15 rockets at the Razeh region of Sa’ada. There is still no word on casualties. Reports also said that strikes have targeted two military bases in Sa’ada and the southern province of Lahij.

In retaliation, the Yemeni army and its allied forces struck several military bases in Saudi Arabia’s southern region of Jizan on the border, destroying a military vehicle as well as two loaders.

Earlier, a Saudi soldier was killed in Yemeni retaliatory rocket fire in Jizan.

This file photo shows a supporter of the Houthi Ansarullah movement holding his weapon during a demonstration against Saudi airstrikes in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. (© AFP)

Yemeni forces launch such attacks in retaliation for Saudi strikes, which started on March 26.

The aerial attacks, which were launched without a UN mandate, are meant to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

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