Air strikes by an
Arab coalition fighting Iranian-allied Houthi forces in Yemen hit a
market northeast of the capital Sanaa on Saturday, killing 40 people,
residents said. The strikes at Nehm district in Sanaa province also wounded 30, they said, adding that most of the casualties were civilians. The
Saudi-led alliance is fighting the Houthis and forces loyal to former
president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore the internationally
recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The United Nations
says nearly 6,000 people have been killed in the fighting, which began
after the Houthis advanced on the southern port city of Aden, where Hadi
had been based. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced. Saudi Arabia sees
the Houthis as a proxy for Iran, its main regional adversary. The
Houthis and Saleh accuse the coalition of launching a war of aggression.
Arab coalition air strikes kill 40 northeast of Yemen capital: residents
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