The airstrikes killed at least five civilians and injured at least 14 others, including four children, in the northern Yemeni city of Saada on Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing its photojournalist and ambulances.
The military alliance under Saudi Arabia that intervened in the 2015 war in Yemen to support the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi often launches airstrikes against Shiite rebel Houthis, who are believed to be Houthis. the lives of many civilians. Riyadh denies targeting civilians deliberately.
Injuries and a Reuters photojournalist reported that a first airstrike destroyed a house in the city's suburb of Sohar, a Houthi stronghold that controls most of northern Yemen.
Two more strikes followed, injuring ambulances rushing to help the victims in the house, which turned into a pile of debris.
A spokesman for the Riyadh-led coalition was not available for comment.
In the last phase of the war in Yemen, which has lasted almost three years, at least 10.000 people have been killed, many of them civilians, more than 2 million others have been displaced and much of the population of the poorest country in the Arab world is in danger. famine.