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News ID: 15772
Publish Date : 05 July 2015 - 21:10

Over 43 Dead After Saudi Airstrikes Hit Market in Yemen’s Hajjah

SANAA (FNA) – At least 43 people lost their lives after Saudi warplanes heavily pounded a market in the Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday.

According to reports, Saudi fighter jets carried out several strikes against a traditional market in the Northwestern province of Hajjah, leaving more than 43 people dead and dozens of others injured.
Yemeni tribal sources said on Saturday that nearly two dozen people, mostly women and children, were killed after Saudi bombers pounded a munitions factory in the Saqayn region of the northwestern province of Sa’ada.
The strikes heavily and repeatedly bombed the factory and its adjacent residential areas.
Later in the day, the Saudi air raids hit a mosque in the Razih district in the same province.  
Separately, at least two children were killed after Saudi jets dropped bombs on a residential area in the Qabbaytah district of the Southern Lahij Province.
Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 102 days now to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.
Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.
The Monarchy's attacks have so far claimed the lives of at least 4,868 civilians, mostly women and children.