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Eight Killed, 11 Injured in Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrikes in Northwestern Yemen - Reports

© AP Photo / Hani MohammedTribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels ride on a patrol truck during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters into battlefronts in several Yemeni cities, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.
Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels ride on a patrol truck during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters into battlefronts in several Yemeni cities, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Eight civilians have died and 11 others sustained injuries in Saudi-led coalition strikes in northwestern Yemen, Houthi-controlled media reported on Sunday.

The strikes hit a house in Hajjah Province, the TV channel Almasirah said. The victims are also said to be members of one family.

Yemen, a small country in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, has been torn by a conflict between the government forces, led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, and Houthi rebels for years. In March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition joined the conflict at the request of Hadi. Since then, Riyadh and its allies have been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis.

The United Nations has called the Yemeni conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 24 million people – over 80 percent of the country’s population – currently in need of aid.

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