{"id":1875,"date":"2015-04-14T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2015-04-14T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T21:19:06","slug":"saudi-arabia-strikes-yemens-military-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-strikes-yemens-military-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia strikes Yemen&#8217;s military academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Saudi warplanes strike\u00a0a military academy and a\u00a0stadium in Yemen\u2019s southwestern province of Dhamar, as Riyadh pushes ahead with its military campaign against Houthi Ansarullah movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Saudi military aircraft struck the Republican Guards Academy and the stadium in the provincial capital of Dhamar, located some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the Yemeni capital, Sana\u2019a, on Tuesday afternoon, Yemen-based Arabic-language Watten news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ansarullah fighters and army forces have made fresh gains in their battle against al-Qaeda-linked militants in the central province of Ma\u2019rib despite ongoing Saudi airstrikes against Yemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Houthi fighters and the army troopers have made advances in the city of Sirwah, which lies about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Sana\u2019a.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The militants have reportedly executed about 15 soldiers in the Azzan region, located in the southern province of Shabwah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s air campaign against Yemen started on March 26, in a bid to restore power to President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Airstrikes-Yemen-Crisis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1805\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Airstrikes-Yemen-Crisis.jpg?resize=650%2C350\" alt=\"Airstrikes-Yemen-Crisis\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Airstrikes-Yemen-Crisis.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Airstrikes-Yemen-Crisis.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel Sharaf Luqman said in a press conference in Sana\u2019a on Monday that civilians and Yemeni infrastructure have been the target of the Saudi aggression against Yemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A significant number of governmental buildings, schools, shops, gas stations, markets, stadiums and mosques have been destroyed in the Saudi attacks, the spokesman added, describing the Saudi brutalities in Yemen as \u201cwar crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi warplanes strike\u00a0a military academy and a\u00a0stadium in Yemen\u2019s southwestern province of Dhamar, as Riyadh pushes ahead 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