A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, which is fighting the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen, was not available for comment. "More than 30 martyrs in air strike on small hotel in Arhab," Houthi-run television station Almaseera said in a newsflash. Earlier this month, a senior United Nations official condemned recent reported airstrikes in Yemen, including on a house containing children, saying they showed "disregard" for civilians' safety. The Saudi-led coalition denied targeting the family home after a health official said nine civilians were killed in an air strike. The United Nations has put the death toll since the war began in March 2015 at more than 10,000.

Source: Bangkok Post August 23, 2017 10:18 UTC