Rebel sources: 15 killed in Saudi-led airstrikes across Yemen

Published March 25th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT
A Yemeni boy runs on March 23, 2016 past buildings that were damaged by air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition over the past year in the UNESCO-listed old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
A Yemeni boy runs on March 23, 2016 past buildings that were damaged by air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition over the past year in the UNESCO-listed old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

At least 15 people were killed Friday in another round of airstrikes carried out by Saudi warplanes across Yemen, local media say.

Yemen’s Houthi-owned al-Masirah television said one woman was killed and her two children sustained injuries when Saudi jets bombed a house in Bani Suraim District of the northwestern province of Amran.

At least 14 people were also killed in similar strikes on a residential area in Jabal Habashi region of the southwestern province of Taiz.

Saudi warplanes also raided the Masloub district of the northern province of Jawf. There was no immediate report on casualties.

On March 15, Saudi warplanes bombed a crowded market in the province of Hajjah. The strike killed 119 people, including 22 children, drawing international condemnation. The UN children’s agency strongly condemned the deadly airstrike.
 
UN sanctions monitors said earlier this year that civilians have been targeted in the Saudi airstrikes and some of the attacks may have been crimes against humanity. The UN has already warned of a "human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen."
 
 
Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material.

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