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Advocacy group: Internet down across Yemen after airstrike

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By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen has lost its connection to the internet after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a site in the contested city of Hodeida. An advocacy group NetBlocks said the disruption began around 1 a.m. local. It said Yemen was “in the midst of a nation-scale internet blackout following airstrike on (a) telecom building.” The Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthi rebels who hold Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, acknowledged early Friday carrying out “accurate airstrikes to destroy the capabilities of the militia” around Hodeida’s port. It did not immediately acknowledge striking a telecommunication target as NetBlocks described. The undersea FALCON cable carries internet into Yemen through the Hodeida port along the Red Sea. 

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