11 killed in airstrike at wedding party in Yemen

IANS  |  Sanaa 

An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in Yemen's northern province of on Tuesday, Killing 11 civilians and wounding 11 others, a local security said.

He said most of the victims were women and children.

There is no independent confirmation of the alleged airstrike and the civilian casualties, while the Saudi-led coalition has not commented on it.

The coalition always denies targeting civilians, insisting that its airstrikes only aim at the rebels' hideouts.

is the key stronghold of the Iranian-allied Shiite Houthi rebels fighting the Saudi-led coalition forces.

If confirmed, the Tuesday's attack was the latest in a series of airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of civilians in

On Monday, a coalition airstrike hit near a school in district in Yemen's western port city of province, Killing three residents and injuring four others, according to reports by both warring forces.

The impoverished Arab country has been locked in a civil war since the Houthi rebels overran much of militarily and seized all northern provinces in 2014, including the capital

leads an Arab coalition that has intervened in the war since 2015 to support the government of exiled

More than 10,000 Yemenis, mostly civilians, have been killed in the war, and about 3 million others have been displaced.

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First Published: Wed, July 04 2018. 05:40 IST