Web Restored In Yemen After Deadly Air Strike Causes 4-Day Outage
Yemen Air Strike: An air assault by the Saudi-drove alliance designated a telecom office in Hodeida late on Thursday in an assault that was faulted for taking out the web across the country.
Sanaa, Yemen: Internet services returned to Yemen on Tuesday after a four-day disruption caused by airstrikes that killed a coalition that marked the dramatic resilience in the seven-year war.
NetBlocks said the internet was "restored" to the country and AFP correspondents in the capital Sanaa and the port of Hodeida reported that they had returned to the internet just after midnight.
"Communication collapsed after a series of fatal plane crashes. The incident greatly reduced private media and human rights monitoring efforts," NetBlocks said.
A Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a communications center in Hodeida late Thursday in an attack on internet censorship across the country. At least three children who were playing nearby died.
The strike coincided with an uprising in Saada, a rebel-held prison, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 100. The Saudi-led coalition has denied that it blew up the prison.
The disconnection of the Internet disrupted emergency operations in the aftermath of the strikes, with rescuers removing debris from survivors and Saada hospitals in frustration.
They followed the drone-and-missile attack carried out by Yemeni rebels backed by Iran in the United Arab Emirates' capital, Abu Dhabi, which led to international condemnation and retaliatory threats.
Two rebels' arrows were also blocked in the city on Monday. The UAE is part of a coalition fight on behalf of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
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