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An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting rebels in Yemen has hit a marketplace north of Aden, killing more than 45 civilians, security officials and witnesses said. More than 45 civilians have been killed following an air strike by Saudi-led coalition forces on a marketplace in Yemen, according to security officials and witnesses.
The officials said there were also more than 50 civilians wounded in the strike in Fayoush, a suburb of the southern port city. The officials said more than 50 civilians were wounded in the strike in Fayoush, a suburb of the southern port city of Aden.
More details soon … “I came right after the explosion and saw dozens of dead strewn about and a sea of blood, while the wounded were being evacuated to nearby hospitals,” resident Abu-Ali al-Azibi said. “(There was) blood from people mixed with that of the sheep and other livestock at the market.”
The officials said Saudi-led airstrikes against Houthi rebels continued across the country, with nine provinces and the capital, Sana’a, hit.
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The conflict in Yemen has pit the Houthis and troops loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh against southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and loyalists of exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi – who is now based in Saudi Arabia.
The rebels seized Sana’a in September. In March, a Saudi-led and US-backed coalition began launching air strikes against the rebels and their allies.
The fighting has left 20 million Yemenis without access to safe drinking water and uprooted over one million people from their homes, according to the UN. Last Wednesday, it declared its highest-level humanitarian emergency in the country, where over 80 percent of the population needs assistance.