Official report shows losses on Telecommunications sector in past five years of Saudi aggression

SANAA, April 15 (YPA) – The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology released official report of losses on the telecommunications and postal services sector for the past five years.

The ministry said in a statement on Monday that the Saudi-led coalition has carried out a total of 2,398 airstrikes against Yemen’s telecommunications and postal sites ever since the war began in March 2015.

The statement added that the air raids have resulted in the complete destruction of 31% of the infrastructure, whilst another 23 percent has been partially damaged.

The ministry further put the financial losses sustained as a result of the Saudi-led war at 4.1 billion dollars.

Additionally, at least 72 Yemeni regions and cities remain disconnected and isolated from the world, meaning that more than one million and two hundred thousand people cannot make phone calls and have no access to internet and the free flow of information.

The Yemeni ministry concluded by saying that the incessant Saudi-led attacks against the country’s national telecommunications network have dramatically reduced the quality of services, affecting more than 14 million frequent Internet users.

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