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The death toll from the US-Saudi coalition airstrikes on a hotel and popular market in Saada province rose to 29 civilians on Wednesday.
The US-Saudi coalition committed a massacre on Souk Al-Layl market and nearby hotel in Sahar district by launching airstrikes, in which the death toll rose to 29 and 28 others were injured, Director of Health Office Dr. AbdulElah Ezzi told to the state-run news agency Saba.
Most of the injured were in critical conditions, the official added. The victims were workers and shop owners.
A vehicle was also targeted by Saudi fighter jets in the province’s al-Dhaher District, killing two more civilians.
Saudi Arabia and a coalition of its allies have been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset of the campaign.
Last month, the United Nations blacklisted the coalition for infanticide during its war on Yemen.
The annual blacklist, released by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on October 5, said the actions of the Riyadh-led alliance in Yemen “objectively led to that party being listed for the killing and maiming of children.”
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
