Bombing of Mokha

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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.[citation needed] He immediately left the country for Saudi Arabia as the military intervention of the coalition started.[5]

The airstrikes started on the night of Thursday when Saudi warplanes targeted the al-Samaa military base in Sana'a.[citation needed]

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.[6][7][1][8][9][10][11]

The airstrike was criticized by Human Rights watch and various media outlets, as it targeted a residential complex.[3][12][13]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b 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" Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, Whatsupic, 29 July 2015
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "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. ^ "Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes". Reuters. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Yemeni officials, witnesses: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill more than 120 in port city ", U.S. News, 24 July 2015
  7. ^ "Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ leaves millions suffering in Yemen – UN relief chief ", UN News Centre, 28 July 2015
  8. ^ Karthick Arvinth "Yemen: Saudi-led coalition declares ceasefire after air strikes in Taiz kill 120 ", International Business Times,26 July 2015
  9. ^ "Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen's Taiz killing 80 ", Reuters,25 July 2015
  10. ^ "Saudi-led warplanes strike in Yemen",Taipei Times, 26 July 2015
  11. ^ "Yemen ceasefire called by Saudi coalition just days after an airstrike killed 120 in Mokha ", The Independent, 26 July 2015
  12. ^ "Over 65 Yemenis killed in Saudi-led coalition air raids ",LHV news, 29 July 2015
  13. ^ Sam Wilkin "Saudi-led raid on Yemen plant appears unlawful-Rights Watch",Euronews, 28 July 2015
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