Latest data on Saudi-coalition air raids in #Yemen: Bombings in first half of 2020 bucked downward trend in air raids seen since mid-2017, more than doubling the rate of previous 6 months - marking a significant escalation in the sixth year of the air war. https://mailchi.mp/bf170c194969/july2020-yemen-data-project-update-6441808
. @YemenData recorded 271 air raids in #Yemen in June - highest monthly rate since July 2018. 1,088 bombings from January to June 2020 was a 139% increase in the rate of air raids from the previous 6 months and the first half-year period with rising air raid numbers since 2017.
26 civilian casualties were recorded in June, half of which happened in a single Saudi-led coalition air raid on a civilian vehicle that killed 13 including 4 children. Five days earlier, 3 civilians were killed when their vehicle was bombed. An air raid on a market killed 5.
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