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Air strikes hit military targets in Yemen capital

(Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen's capital Sanaa early on Friday, targeting weapons storage sites used by soldiers loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a powerful supporter of Iranian-allied Houthi militias. The air raids, which targeted parts of the Defence Ministry...

One third of combatants in Yemen are children: UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund has expressed concern over the use of large number of child fighters by armed groups in Yemen.   "Up to a third of combatants in armed groups in conflict-torn Yemen are children...I have been myself held up at checkpoints by children who...