MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A total of 16 civilians were killed in an airstrike in northern Yemen, carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, local media reported Wednesday.
The bombs landed on a residential house in the Saada Province, killing the members of three families, mostly children and women, the Saba news agency reported citing a source in the province.
30 August 2016, 18:40 GMT
Since 2014, Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government and the Houthi rebels. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at the Yemeni president’s request. Numerous human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the coalition for the use of banned cluster munitions and strikes killing civilians.
