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Fiercest clashes yet in Sanaa, Yemen casualties growing: ICRC

Ersin Çelik
11:244/12/2017, Monday
U: 4/12/2017, Monday
REUTERS
Smoke rises during the battle between former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's supporters and the Houthi militants in Sanaa, Yemen
Smoke rises during the battle between former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's supporters and the Houthi militants in Sanaa, Yemen

Fighting in Yemen's capital has intensified, with the known toll from three hospitals reaching at least 125 killed and 238 wounded in the past six days, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck at Houthi militia positions in Yemen's capital Sanaa for a second day on Monday in support of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a former Houthi ally who has now renounced his alliance with the Iranian-backed group.

"We are supporting the main hospitals in Sanaa who urgently need war-wounded kits," ICRC spokeswoman Iolanda Jaquemet said. "We are also looking at donating dead body bags to hospitals which are actually asking for them, and we hope to donate fuel to the main hospitals because they depend on generators."

The ICRC "relocated" 13 international staff to Djibouti from Sanaa on Monday, she said.

#Yemen
#Sanaa
#ICRC
#Houthi
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