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| Explosion at Dairy Factory in Yemen Kills Dozens | |
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| SANA, Yemen — At least 27 people were killed in an explosion overnight in a dairy factory near the coastal city of Al Hudaydah, according to witnesses and health officials on Wednesday, adding to a mounting civilian death toll as a military offensive led by Saudi Arabia against Yemen’s Houthi movement entered its second week. | |
| The director of the city health bureau in Al Hudaydah, Abdulrahman Jarallah, said that the victims were employees working the night shift at the factory, owned by Yemen Dairy and Juice Industries. Mr. Jarallah and other witnesses said it was not clear whether the explosion had been caused by a Saudi airstrike or an errant shell fired by an armed Yemeni faction. | |
| Hundreds of civilians have been killed as Yemen has been consumed by fighting over the last few weeks, with clashes stretching from the southern port city of Aden to the border with Saudi Arabia in the north. Last week, the Saudi military launched a bombing campaign intended to roll back the gains of the Houthis, a militia group that forced Yemen’s government from power in January. | Hundreds of civilians have been killed as Yemen has been consumed by fighting over the last few weeks, with clashes stretching from the southern port city of Aden to the border with Saudi Arabia in the north. Last week, the Saudi military launched a bombing campaign intended to roll back the gains of the Houthis, a militia group that forced Yemen’s government from power in January. |
| The Saudi-led coalition includes the Sunni monarchies on the Persian Gulf and is backed by the United States. Their offensive is seen as part of broader regional tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which is allied with the Houthis. The coalition has threatened to step up its military action, including by using ground troops, if the Houthis do not capitulate. | The Saudi-led coalition includes the Sunni monarchies on the Persian Gulf and is backed by the United States. Their offensive is seen as part of broader regional tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which is allied with the Houthis. The coalition has threatened to step up its military action, including by using ground troops, if the Houthis do not capitulate. |
| The Saudi intervention into Yemen’s civil conflict — Saudi officials say their goal is restore the exiled president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to power — has exposed the impoverished country to growing peril. International aid agencies, fearing for the safety of their workers, have withdrawn from Yemen, and those that remain have said that the Saudi air and sea blockade on the country is preventing critical supplies from getting through. | |
| Human rights organizations have accused the Saudi military of bombarding indiscriminately and of killing civilians as they strike Houthi positions. Fighting on the ground, between Mr. Hadi’s loyalists and Houthi-allied fighters, has also resulted in strikes on hospitals, ambulances and civilian vehicles, according to medical workers. | Human rights organizations have accused the Saudi military of bombarding indiscriminately and of killing civilians as they strike Houthi positions. Fighting on the ground, between Mr. Hadi’s loyalists and Houthi-allied fighters, has also resulted in strikes on hospitals, ambulances and civilian vehicles, according to medical workers. |