Bombing of Mokha

The Bombing of Mokha took place on Friday night, 24 July 2015 between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m at Mokha city of Yemen. The airstrikes targeted two residential complexes belonging to engineers and technicians of al-Mukha power plant of Taiz province.[1][2][3] According to the workers and residents of the compound one or more aircraft dropped nine bombs in separate sorties in intervals of few minutes.[3]

Background

On Thursday, 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia led a coalition of nine Arab states in carrying out airstrikes in Yemen.[4] The intervention as claimed began in response to request for assistance from the then President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.[5] He immediately left the country for Saudi Arabia as the military intervention of the coalition started.[6][7]

The airstrikes started on the night of Thursday when Saudi warplanes targeted the al-Samaa military base in Sana'a. The base is believed to house the loyalists of General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh.[7]

Casualties

Reports of casualties vary and range from "65 dead and dozens wounded" according to Human Rights Watch to "120 dead and 150 wounded" according to USA news.[8][9][10] [1][11][12][13][8]

The airstrike was criticized by Human Rights watch and various media outlets, as it targeted a residential complex.[3][14][15]

See also

References
  1. Ahmed Al-Haj and Merrit Kennedy "Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120; deadliest in Yemen conflict", Yahoo News, 25 July 2015
  2. "120 killed as Saudi Regime commits fresh atrocities in Taiz Yemen", Whatsupic, 29 July 2015
  3. "Yemen: Coalition Strikes on Residence Apparent War Crime",Human Rights Watch,27 July 2015
  4. "Saudi warplanes bomb Houthi positions in Yemen". Al Arabiya. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. "Kerry to meet outsted Yemeni President Hadi in Saudi Arabia on Thursday". Sputnik. 7 May 2015.
  6. "Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes". Reuters. 26 March 2015.
  7. "Fugitive Yemeni president arrives in Riyadh". Presstv. 26 March 2015.
  8. "Yemen ceasefire called by Saudi coalition just days after an airstrike killed 120 in Mokha ", The Independent, 26 July 2015
  9. "Yemeni officials, witnesses: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill more than 120 in port city ", U.S. News, 24 July 2015
  10. "Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ leaves millions suffering in Yemen – UN relief chief ", UN News Centre, 28 July 2015
  11. Karthick Arvinth "Yemen: Saudi-led coalition declares ceasefire after air strikes in Taiz kill 120 ", International Business Times,26 July 2015
  12. "Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen's Taiz killing 80 ", Reuters,25 July 2015
  13. "Saudi-led warplanes strike in Yemen",Taipei Times, 26 July 2015
  14. "Over 65 Yemenis killed in Saudi-led coalition air raids ",LHV news, 29 July 2015
  15. Sam Wilkin "Saudi-led raid on Yemen plant appears unlawful-Rights Watch",Euronews, 28 July 2015
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