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Saudi fighter jets struck residential areas in the Baqim district of the northwestern Yemen province of Sa’ada Friday, killing 11 people.
The blast also wounded scores of others.
A day earlier, the coalition warplanes had hit a bazaar in the district, killing seven people and injuring 10 others, many of whom are in critical condition.
The air raids targeted the market at a time when it was crowded with civilians.
The "Baqim Junction" is an alternative market which almost all the population in Saada depends on it.
The marketplace is vulnerable to missile and artillery bombardment. It is the only market remaining in the region after Saudi warplanes destroyed the rest of the shops and stores.
On Thursday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein said the Saudi military was using cluster bombs against residential areas in Yemen in violation of international law, blaming the Riyadh regime for most of the civilian casualties in its impoverished southern neighbor.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
