Airstrike on Yemen School Kills at Least 10 Children, Wounds Dozens Doctors Without Borders says children were between ages of 8 and 15
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SAN’A Yemen—An airstrike on a school purportedly carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen killed at least 10 children and wounded dozens more on Saturday, Yemeni officials and aid workers said.
The Islamic school said in a statement that the strike in Saada, deep in the Houthis’ northern heartland, was part of raids that have resumed against the rebels after peace talks collapsed earlier this month.
Aid group Doctors Without Borders condemned the attack on social media, saying the 10 killed and 28 injured were between 8 and 15 years old. The school released some of the names of those killed.
The conflict in Yemen pits the internationally recognized government backed by the Saudi-led coalition against the Shiite Muslim rebels, who captured the capital in September 2014.
The war has left a security vacuum throughout parts of the country. Both al Qaeda and its rival militant group, the Islamic State, have exploited the turmoil and expanded their footprint in the country’s southern region.
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