Yemen loses internet connection after Saudi-led airstrike

The Houthi's Al-Masirah satellite news channel said the strike on the telecommunications building had killed and wounded people

Yemen lost its connection to the internet nationwide early January 21 after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a site in the contested city of Hodeida, an advocacy group said, plunging the war-torn nation offline.

NetBlocks said the disruption began around 1 a.m. local and affected TeleYemen, the state-owned monopoly that controls internet access in the country. TeleYemen is now run by the Houthi rebels who have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since late 2014.