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7 children among 16 dead in Yemen air strikes: official, doctor
DUBAI, Sept 24, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Seven children were among 16 people
killed Tuesday in twin air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels
in southern Yemen, an official and a doctor said.
“Sixteen people, including women and children, were killed and nine others
injured” in a coalition air raid targeting a residence in Daleh province, the
local official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
A doctor at Al Thawra hospital in Ibb province where the bodies were taken
said seven children and four women were among the dead.
The Iran-backed Huthi rebels condemned the coalition for its “continued
aggression” against the Yemeni people, according to their Al-Masirah
television.
The coalition could not immediately be reached for comment.
Tens of thousands of people, most of them civilians, have been killed since
Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in March 2015 in support of the
beleaguered government.
The fighting has also displaced millions and left 24.1 million — more than
two-thirds of the population — in need of aid.
The United Nations has described Yemen as the world’s worst humanitarian
crisis.
BSS/AFP/RY/1712 hrs