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Saudi-led coalition air strikes in north Yemen kill at least 14

In Yemen, Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a marketplace and house in rebel-held northern part of the country have left at least 14 people dead. <br/><br/>An eyewitness in the northern province of Saada told AFP that 12 people had been killed in strikes on the marketplace yesterday evening. Another witness said, in the Baqim district of Saada province, two people were killed in a Saudi-led air strike on a house.<br/><br/>Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that intervened in Yemen in March 2015 with the stated aim of rolling back Huthi rebel gains and restoring the country's internationally recognised government to power.<br/><br/>Saada is a stronghold of the Iran-backed Huthis who continue to hold large swathes of territory in the north including the capital Sanaa.

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