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Saudi Arabia continues airstrikes against Yemen

21 June 2015 19:18 (UTC +04:00)

According to media outlets, on Sunday, Saudi fighter jets, bombarded a Yemeni military base in the district of Harad in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah.

The Saudi warplanes had also attacked the district of Abs in the province earlier in the day.

Saudi Arabia also pounded residential areas in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.

There have been no reports on the number of casualties or material damage caused in the latest attacks.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that more than 15 million people in Yemen do not have access to basic health services, adding that over 20 million in the war-torn country do not have access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

According to the health organization, one million displaced people in Yemen, with a population of about 26 million, are among those in urgent need of healthcare.