A medical facility run by Doctors Without Borders in the northern Yemeni city of Sa’ada has been closed following Saudi airstrikes that hit an area near it.

The international medical charity, which is also known by its French abbreviation MSF, said in messages posted on Twitter that its facility in the Razeh district of Sa’ada was evacuated after two raids struck 20 meters from the hospital on Tuesday.

The MSF added that its staffers are “scared” to resume their work in the hospital, which was also attacked in January. Four people were killed and 10 injured in the strikes back then.

Missile strikes have reportedly hit at least three MSF clinics across Yemen.

Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March last year. The Saudi military strikes were launched to bring fugitive former President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi back to power.

At least 8,300 people, among them 2,236 children, have been killed and more than 16,000 others injured since March 2015. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.

Yemenis carry out attacks in retaliation for Saudi strikes, inflicting heavy losses on the Saudi forces.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Tanks and armored vehicles of the Saudi army are deployed on the outskirts of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, August 3, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]

Meanwhile, according to a report by Yemen’s al-Masirah television network, a number of Saudi forces were killed in a missile attack carried out by Yemenis on Thursday, targeting a Saudi military base in the central province of Ma’rib.

The attack comes a day after a similar assault hit the al-Tadaween camp, where Saudi forces had gathered, killing a number of Saudi forces and injuring several others.

Yemeni forces have fired several ballistic missiles at Saudi targets since Riyadh launched military aggression against its impoverished neighbor.

By Press TV