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41 civila dödade i bombräd mot marknad i Jemen

Minst 41 civila människor uppges ha dödats i flyganfall som den Saudiledda koalitionen utförde mot en marknad i Jemen under tisdagen, rapporterar AFP och BBC.
Tre flyganfall riktades mot en marknad i stadsdelen Mustaba i Haja, säger Ayman Mathkour, chef för Hajas sjukvårdsförvaltning till Reuters.
En sjukvårdstjänsteman säger till AFP att barn finns bland dödsoffren och att antalet döda kan stiga.

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Wikipedia (en)
The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions claiming to constitute the Yemeni government, along with their supporters and allies. Houthi forces controlling the capital Sana'a and allied with forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have clashed with forces loyal to the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, based in Aden. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks, with AQAP controlling swaths of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. On 21 March, after taking over Sana'a and the Yemeni government, the Houthi-led Supreme Revolutionary Committee declared a general mobilization to overthrow Hadi and further their control by driving into southern provinces. The Houthi offensive, allied with military forces loyal to Saleh, began on the next day with fighting in Lahj governorate. By 25 March, Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat of power for Hadi's government; Hadi fled the country the same day. Concurrently, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using airstrikes to restore the former Yemeni government and the United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign. According to the UN, from March 2015 to March 2016 over 6,000 people have been killed in Yemen, including 3,081 civilians.

Inträffade i det rebellkontrollerade området Hajja

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