Airstrikes on Yemen
Airstrikes during the Yemeni Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen began in 2015, in an attempt to influence the outcome of the Yemeni Civil War. Saudi Arabia, spearheading a coalition of nine Arab states, began carrying out airstrikes[1] in neighbouring Yemen and imposing an aerial and naval blockade on 26 March 2015, heralding a military intervention code-named Operation Decisive Storm[2] (Arabic: عملية عاصفة الحزم, romanized: Amaliyyat `Āṣifat al-Ḥazm). More than 130 health facilities(2019) in Yemen have been destroyed by a series of airstrikes conducted by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition since March 2015.[3] Many of these have been public health hospitals staffed or supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF).[4] Critics of the assaults say the airstrikes are war crimes in violation of the protections of health care facilities afforded by the internationally recognized rules of war and have called for independent investigations.[5]
Many other civilians targets,[6] including schools,[7] and school buses[8] in Yemen are also bombed by the Saudi-led coalition.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
According to a report by the United Nations in 2022, 2,900 schools were damaged, destroyed, or unused during the Yemeni Civil War.[15]
The UN accused the Saudi-led coalition of "complete disregard for human life".[16]