Saudi-led Warplanes Use ’Banned Cluster Bombs’ In Yemen Once Again
Local Editor
The Saudi-led coalition warplanes hit Sahar District in Saada province with internationally-banned cluster bombs, a security source said on Monday.
The Saudi-led bombardment caused large material losses to people’s houses as well as to public and private property, the source further said.
He added that the coalition warplanes also waged several raids on Maqash area and Al Habajer in Sahar district, wounding two people.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26.
The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].
The aggression began in a bid to restore power to the country’s fugitive former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia, and to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Over 2,615 civilians have been killed in the conflict in the last six months, according to the UN. Yet, other organizations put the death toll at much higher.
According to the Yemeni health ministry, the death toll from the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen so far is more than 6,000, adding that 1,277 of those killed were children.
