Dozens are believed dead several parts of Yemen after Saudi-backed coalition airstrikes targeted two prisons in the port city of Hodeida and people's homes in another city, Taiz. At least 17 civilians were killed in airstrikes over Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, reports said.
The strikes are believed to have been led by the Saudi-backed coalition and aimed at the Houthi rebels who have controlled the city since 2014. The bombs hit several houses, leaving 11 members of a family dead in one instance.
Hours later, the coalition bombed the al-Zaydiya security headquarters, leaving many prisoners and security officials dead. Yemen’s exiled president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is backed by the Saudi forces, had earlier rejected a peace deal by the United Nations, saying it favours the Shia rebels, backed by Iran, who had ousted him in 2015.
More than 10,000 people have died and three million have been displaced in Yemen since the Saudi-led coalition got involved in Yemen's civil war. In October, more than 140 people were killed and over 500 were injured after airstrikes had targeted a funeral procession organised in Yemeni capital Sana'a to mark the death of Houthi-appointed Interior Minister Galal al-Rawishan's father.
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