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| Saudi coalition strike kills family of four in Sanaa |
| 2017-06-10 |
| [Al Jazeera] At least four civilians, including three children, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition air strike tore through a residential area in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Hussain Albukhaiti, an activist based in Sanaa, told Al Jazeera on Friday afternoon that three people were still missing from the late-night raid that struck the south of the city. "Four members of the al-Mahdi family, including an elderly woman and her three young grandchildren, were killed after their house was struck with an air strike shortly after midnight," Albukhaiti said. He said there was no military installation near the site of the attack and no reported activity by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... fighters, whom the coalition are battling. "There's been no cessation in hostilies from the Saudis since the start of Ramadan. For the past two weeks, every night, we've had planes hovering in the skies until the early hours." |
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