UN condemns Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen prison

UN chief condemns Saudi coalition strike on Yemen

The head of the United Nations (UN) has condemned the Saudi-led military coalition's strikes on Yemen Friday, which killed over 70 people. Following a strike by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this week, the Saudi-led military coalition conducted a series of strikes on Yemen, one of which hit a detention centre holding migrants in the north-western city of Sa'ada. The casualties were staggeringly high…

Saudi-led bloc denies Yemen air strike that killed dozens

Iran says strikes have ‘made the path to achieve a just peace in the country even more difficult’.

UN condemns airstrike in Yemen

The United Nations had condemned an airstrike on a Yemeni detention centre in which more than 70 people have died. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a full investigation.

70 killed in Yemen airstrike

SAADA: At least 70 people were killed in an airstrike on a prison as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation Friday that drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres.The Houthi rebels released gruesome video footage showing bodies in the rubble and mangled corpses from the attack, which leveled buildings in the prison in their northern heartland of Saada.Further south in the port city of Hodeida, at least three children …

Yemeni rebels say death toll from prison airstrike at 82

The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Internet access in the Arab world's poorest country remained largely down.

Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82

The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday.Internet access in the Arab world’s poorest country meanwhile remained largely down as the coalition continued airstrikes on the capital of Sanaa and elsewhere.The airstrike in northern Saada province Friday was part of an intense air and ground offensive that marked an es…