Saudi-led coalition denies targeting family home in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen denied on Tuesday that it had targeted a home, after a health official said nine civilians were killed in an air strike.


Three women and six children were killed on Friday in the northwestern Saada province in an air strike on their home, the head of the local health department Dr Abdel-Ilah al-Azzi said.

"Colonel Turki al-Malki, official spokesman for the coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen, denied that coalition forces targeted a house in the Muhaddah area southwest of Saada," according to a statement posted on Saudi media agency SPA.
 [dailystar.com.lb/Reuters]
 8/8/17