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A center for blind people in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a has been hit in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition.
According to local reports, the Noor Centre for the Blind in the Safiah district of Sana’a was struck on Tuesday morning, along with an empty wedding hall.
The third floor of the center was hit at 1am on Tuesday morning. There have been no reports of casualties.
The center was funded by the Yemeni Social Fund Development, a project of the World Bank.
Air strikes overnight also struck the port city of Hodaida and the southwestern city of Taiz.
Saudi Arabia has been criticized for its handling of the war in Yemen, which has killed almost 6,000 people since the Saudi coalition began air strikes in March.
Human Rights Watch has described Saudi coalition air strikes in residential areas of Yemen as "unlawful" and has called for an investigation.
"How many civilians will die in unlawful air strikes in Yemen before the coalition and its US ally investigate what went wrong and who is responsible," asked Joe Stork, HRW’s deputy Middle East director.
A curfew was imposed in Aden on Monday after fighting in the south of the country left at least 22 people dead.
A formal ceasefire agreed on December 15 between the Saudi-led coalition and the Ansarullah movement formally ended over the weekend.
The war in Yemen has led to a huge humanitarian crisis in the country. About 80 percent of Yemen’s population is now thought to be in need of aid.
The power vacuum has also led to territory being captured by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [AQAP] and the ISIS group.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
