Saudi-Led Coalition Launches Katyusha Rockets at Residential Area in Hodeida Province

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The Saudi-led coalition launched four Katyusha rockets at a residential area in the al-Hali district of Hodeida province, but there were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.

Saudi-led troops also sprayed houses and private properties in the Kilo 16 district of Hodeida with bullets, damaging a number of them. No immediate reports of casualties were available though.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement.

The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past four and a half years.

The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team