Aid agencies fear mass deaths as a Sunni coalition bombs a Shia rebel stronghold
IF SAUDI ARABIA expected praise when it announced a five-day
ceasefire in the air campaign it is leading in Yemen, it will be
disappointed. As Adel al-Jubeir, the freshly minted foreign minister,
declared the impending halt on May 8th, the Saudi-led coalition began an
intense bombing campaign on Saada, a province in northern Yemen, in a
reprisal against Shia rebels known as the Houthis.
Reports from residents of Saada say that the bombing has been
relentless. "Homes, schools, everything has been destroyed," says a
Houthi supporter in the capital who has friends and family in Saada. Aid
workers say the bombardment will probably lead to a “mass loss of
life”.
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