THE Saudi Arabia-led coalition has launched more than 250,000 air strikes on Yemen during seven years of war which has killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s armed forces said today. 

Brigadier General Yahya Saree said “the criminal raids” had also destroyed civilian infrastructure and accused Riyadh of using internationally prohibited weapons on the Yemeni people daily.

“Yemen has been subjected to more than 274,000 air raids waged by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes for seven years,” the military leader said.