Saudi Arabia has deliberately destroyed hundreds of schools in Yemen in recent months in bombings by the coalition it leads, Amnesty International said.
According to AI data, after the Saudi bombing, more than a thousand schools are unfit for use, and 254 educational institutions were completely destroyed, reports Sputnik.
According to AI, more than 6.600 children are deprived of the opportunity to receive an education.
"In November, I visited the bombing sites. We were on some of them a few days after the impact. There were no barracks or weapons warehouses next to the educational institutions. The nearest military targets were located at least several kilometers from the schools. In the cases we recorded, during the bombing, five civilian buildings were killed and at least 14 wounded, including four children," said one of the authors of the report, Lama Fakih.
She pointed out that because of the Saudi bombing, thousands of schoolchildren no longer have a place to get an education.
"We asked the authorities of Saudi Arabia to explain what happened, but we did not receive an answer," Fakihova said.
At least 44 people have been killed in airstrikes by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia as well as fighting between rebels and forces loyal to the government in Yemen ahead of a possible ceasefire, military and hospital sources said today.
A military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition in March failed to oust rebels from the Shiite Houthi tribe, who remain in control of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, while Yemen's government-in-exile continues to operate from Aden.
Pro-government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, drove the Houthis, Shiite rebels from Aden earlier this year.
The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeted by the coalition since March, which has killed more than 5.800 people in Yemen, half of them civilians, according to the UN.
Meanwhile, Al Qaeda's local branch is using the chaos in Yemen to gain territory in the south and east of the country and is seeing a growing presence in Aden.
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