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Saudi Arabia has said its military coalition will scale back operations against Houthi revolutionaries in Yemen.
The US-backed Saudi-led coalition of mostly Arab states began air strikes a year ago in support of Yemen’s exiled government.
A Saudi military spokesman said that the coalition would continue to provide air support to Hadi loyalists.
The announcement came as the death toll from a strike on a market this week doubled to more than 100.
Witnesses said at least two missiles hit the busy market in the Mustaba district of Hajja province, north of the capital Sana’a.
Video footage purportedly of the aftermath of the strike showed what appeared to be the bodies of several children. A UN official said 22 children were among those killed.
In January, a UN panel found that coalition air strikes had targeted civilians in Yemen and assessed that some attacks might constitute crimes against humanity.
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 8,300 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.
Yemeni forces have been engaged in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
