Saudi-Led Air Raid Kills 9 Family Members

At least 3 women and 3 children from the same family have been killed in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition on their home in northern Yemen, according to a local health official.

Dr Abdel-Ilah al-Azzi, the head of the local health department, said on Friday that 3 other people were also injured in the attack at dawn on the family home of Taha al-Dharafi in Mahda district on the southwestern outskirts of Saada city.

SABA, an official news agency controlled by the Houthi rebel group, said that a 2nd air attack on a car carrying civilians killed at least 3 people and wounded 7

Yemen has been torn apart by a war, in which the exiled government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is trying to roll back gains made by the Houthis, who control most of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa.

Khoukha and the nearby city of Hodeidah are controlled by the Houthis who overran Sanaa in 2014 and moved south to Aden in 2015, forcing Hadi and his administration to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia.