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July 5, 2016
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Bombing Businesses
A coalition airstrike hit a hangar at the Electrical Company Administration of Hodaida, leaving this crater in the floor. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
Three coalition bombs hit the Coca-Cola factory in Sanaa on December 12, 2015. The strike injured five workers. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
One of the bombs destroyed the factory’s glass and plastic bottling production lines. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
A coalition airstrike destroyed the Sanaa Chamber of Commerce offices in a January 5, 2016 airstrike. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
A UK-manufactured bomb struck storage hangars in Hodaida on January 6, 2016. The hangars stored school furniture, car parts, dry and canned food. Two of them contained production workshops for zinc sheeting and metal fencing grates. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
Remnant of a Paveway IV guided bomb that struck the Hodaida warehouses. The national stock number on the wing assembly indicates that Raytheon in the United Kingdom manufactured the bomb in May 2015, after the start of the war. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
Several offices and a laboratory were destroyed when coalition bombs hit the Bio Pharma factory, which manufactures pharmaceutical products. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
The al-Aqil Industrial compound, hit by three coalition airstrikes since the beginning of the war, housed seven factories that produced consumer goods including plastic bags, batteries, food, and clothing. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
Remnant of an MK-84 GP (General Purpose) bomb at the al-Aqil Industrial Compound.
Six coalition bombs hit the al-Shihab Industrial Compound, housing food and pharmaceutical products, on January 29 and 30, 2016, killing one and wounding three civilians. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
One of the production hangers in the al-Shihab Industrial Compound destroyed in coalition airstrikes on January 29 and 30, 2016. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
Seventeen workers remained inside the Middle East Workshop for Sewing and Embroidery when coalition aircraft bombed it on February 14, 2016. One died and four sustained injuries. © 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
Entrance to the Amran Cement Factory, a government-owned factory that coalition forces struck once in June 2015, and twice in February 2016. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
A sign commemorating four members of the Naif family killed when coalition forces bombed the factory entrance on February 3, 2016. © 2016 Priyanka Motaparthy/Human Rights Watch
Region / Country
Middle East/North Africa
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Topic
Targeted Killings and Drones