'Deadliest day': reports of 80 killed in Saudi-led strikes across Yemen
- 9 years ago
Black smoke was seen billowing into the air in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Wednesday (May 27), following what could be the deadliest day of bombings in more than two months of war in the country.
At least 80 people are said to have been killed in Saudi-led air strikes over the city and the border towns of Hodeida and Bakil al Mir.
Residents of Houthi rebel-controlled Sana’a reported attacks on military camps loyal to the anti-government group.
In Hodeida – Yemen’s largest military port – a naval base is said to have been badly hit. The area is also aligned with the Iranian-allied Houthi militia.
Yemen is facing severe shortages. Still loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the southern city of Aden is one of the few places to have received humanitarian aid.
8.6 million people in #Yemen need urgent medical care, says @WHO chief
UN Radio Geneva report: http://t.co/90S2Qj2YdS pic.twitter.com/dBZCUvjoNd— UN Geneva (@UNGeneva) May 27, 2015
According to Oxfam, the
At least 80 people are said to have been killed in Saudi-led air strikes over the city and the border towns of Hodeida and Bakil al Mir.
Residents of Houthi rebel-controlled Sana’a reported attacks on military camps loyal to the anti-government group.
In Hodeida – Yemen’s largest military port – a naval base is said to have been badly hit. The area is also aligned with the Iranian-allied Houthi militia.
Yemen is facing severe shortages. Still loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the southern city of Aden is one of the few places to have received humanitarian aid.
8.6 million people in #Yemen need urgent medical care, says @WHO chief
UN Radio Geneva report: http://t.co/90S2Qj2YdS pic.twitter.com/dBZCUvjoNd— UN Geneva (@UNGeneva) May 27, 2015
According to Oxfam, the