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Images of dead Yemeni children circulate in media after school reportedly hit in airstrike Images of dead Yemeni children circulate in media after school reportedly hit in airstrike
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Disturbing images of children killed in a presumed airstrike on a religious school in Saada, Yemen have filled the media. Various sources put the child death count at 10 to 50, scores are said to have been injured. Disturbing images of children killed in a presumed airstrike on a religious school in Saada, Yemen have filled the media. Various sources put the child death count at 8 to 50, scores are said to have been injured.
A video obtained by Ruptly shows numerous children with head, arm and leg wounds being carried away on stretchers with blood covered faces and bodies.A video obtained by Ruptly shows numerous children with head, arm and leg wounds being carried away on stretchers with blood covered faces and bodies.
The video also provides still pictures of the bodies of children presumably killed, some with dismembered limbs and covered with dust.The video also provides still pictures of the bodies of children presumably killed, some with dismembered limbs and covered with dust.
There has been no official confirmation that the video portrays the exact aftermath of the alleged air strike on Saturday so far, however.There has been no official confirmation that the video portrays the exact aftermath of the alleged air strike on Saturday so far, however.
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Al-Alam News Network and Iran’s Tasnim news agency said some 50 school children were killed in the alleged strike, while local sources put the number at 9. Al-Alam News Network and Iran’s Tasnim news agency said some 50 school children were killed in the alleged strike, while local sources put the number at 8.
RT Arabic sources say 20 students were killed, noting that an exam session was underway at the time of the strike. A local man named Ali told RT Arabic that the air strike happened at 8 am local time and killed 8 people, wounding 25 more.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW “It was a plane of the Saudi coalition. It was the Saudi Arabia,” the man said.
Since last March, Yemen has been the target of an air campaign launched by a Saudi Arabian-led coalition being carried out at request of President Mansur Hadi's government, who is waging a civil war against a rebel Houthi movement, which recognizes Abdullah Saleh, who was ousted earlier, as Yemen’s legitimate president.
The alleged air strike would add to a growing list of civilian casualties in Yemen blamed on the Saudi-led coalition. At least nine people were killed in a bombardment on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, earlier this month when a potato chip factory was hit.
One of the deadliest attacks on civilians occurred in September of last year, when 131 people died in an airstrike on a wedding in the village of Al-Wahijah. Locals blamed the assault on Saudi Arabia, though Riyadh strongly denied responsibility.
In April of 2015, Saudi aircraft attacked a crowded marketplace in Mastaba, a village in Yemen’s northern Hajja governorate. UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, estimated the death toll from those airstrikes at 119, including 22 children.
Human Rights Watch later examined the bomb fragments found at the site and determined they came from a “US-made satellite-guided bomb”. The US alongside the UK is one of the major arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia.
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Just recently Washington gave green light to sell 133 tanks and 20 recovery vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Washington cited the Saudi Kingdom as a “leading contributor of political stability and economic progress” in the Middle East. The deal was estimated at $1.15 billion by the US Defense Security Cooperation agency in its notice to Congress.
According to the latest figures issued by the UK’s Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), the country is also heavily involved in arms deals with the Gulf State. CAAT estimated that since the start of Saudi campaign in Yemen the UK licensed £3.3 billion in arms sales to Riyadh.
 On August 2, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced “very serious concerns” over killing of children in Yemen.
"I still have very strong concerns about the protection of Yemeni children," the official was quoted by the AFP. According to a recent UN report, the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for over 60% of 785 children’s casualties on 2015.