ADEN, Yemen — Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi group on the capital Sanaa killed at least 20 people overnight, including civilians, Houthi media and residents said, in one of its deadliest attacks since 2019. ADVERTISEMENTThe air strikes followed Monday’s drone and missile attack on coalition partner the United Arab Emirates that was claimed by the Iran-aligned Houthis and killed three people. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “expresses his concern and deplores” the coalition air strikes, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. Houthi media named the Houthi military official whose home was struck as Abdullah Qassim al-Junaid, the former head of the Houthis’ aviation college. Coalition strikes around the city overnight killed a total of about 20 people, the deputy foreign minister for the Houthi administration, which holds much of northern Yemen, said on Twitter.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 19, 2022 00:13 UTC