12 April 2015 - 16:00
Saudi Warplanes Strike Stadium, Wheat Silos in Yemen

Saudi warplanes battered residential buildings, wheat silos and a sports stadium in the Yemeni provinces of Ibb and Aden on Sunday afternoon.

Saudi warplanes battered residential buildings, wheat silos and a sports stadium in the Yemeni provinces of Ibb and Aden on Sunday afternoon.

The Saudi airstrikes on a sports stadium and several residential buildings in Ibb province in Southwestern Yemen left at least six people dead and tens of others injured.

The Saudi warplanes also targeted a number of wheat silos and governmental buildings in the Southern province of Aden. There has yet been no report on the number of possible casualties in the second attack.

Earlier today, the Saudi fighter jets also bombarded a residential building in Yemen's Ta'izz province leaving at least ten people dead.

According to Yemeni sources, the Saudi-led airstrikes pounded the town of ad-Dahirah in Southwestern Ta'izz province and claimed the lives of several people.

There was no report of exact number of the casualties, but rescue teams recovered ten bodies from debris following the airstrikes.

On Friday, after days of debating, Pakistani lawmakers adopted a resolution rejecting Saudi demands for Islamabad to join its military aggression against Yemen. The member of parliaments called on the warring parties to resolve the conflict through peaceful dialogue.

They unanimously voted in favor of a resolution saying that “Pakistan should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis”.

Following Pakistan's decision to stay out of Yemen's conflict, Saudi Arabia prevented a Pakistani airplane from entering its airspace on Friday.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 18 days now to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed over 1036 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children. The attacks have also left more than 2250 people injured.

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.

Five Persian Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait -- and Egypt that are also assisted by Israel and backed by the US declared war on Yemen in a joint statement issued on March 26.


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