At least 16 Yemeni civilians have been killed and several more injured in the fresh airstrikes launched by Saudi Arabia in Baqim district, Ta’izz Province.
Over a dozen killed in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen
31 Aug 2016 - 8:22
At least 16 Yemeni civilians have been killed and several more injured in the fresh airstrikes launched by Saudi Arabia in Baqim district, Ta’izz Province.
Riyadh’s latest attack took place on Tuesday, as the kingdom’s jets targeted civilians in a parking lot in the province’s district of Baqim.
Earlier, Saudi jets attacked a university and a school in the war-torn country’s capital Sana’a. Three people were also killed in a Saudi air raid in the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.
Saudi warplanes also bombed a gas station in the districts of Sahar and Baqim as well as the Kahlan military base in Sa’ada.
Earlier, the United Nations announced that the death toll from the 18-month Saudi war against Yemen has increased to nearly 10,000.
The UN humanitarian coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a press conference in the Yemeni capital that the toll was based on official records provided by medical facilities in Yemen.
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