{"id":39494,"date":"2019-05-25T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39494"},"modified":"2019-05-25T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:23:11","slug":"several-civilians-killed-in-air-raids-in-yemens-taiz-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39494","title":{"rendered":"Several civilians killed in air raids in Yemen’s Taiz province"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least nine civilians have been killed in overnight air raids east of Yemen’s third city of Taiz, a medic and rebel forces said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Two children were among the nine killed in the Mawiya district in air raids by a Saudi-led military coalition fighting on the side of the government, a doctor at al-Thawra hospital told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

The doctor, who requested anonymity, said a number of other people were wounded.<\/p>\n

The Houthi rebels said the coalition struck a petrol station, according to the rebel-run Saba news agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city of Taiz is under siege by the Houthi rebels but controlled by pro-government forces, who are supported by the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia<\/a> and the United Arab Emirates (UAE<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Funerals in Sanaa<\/h2>\n

In the capital Sanaa, funerals were held for six people, including four siblings, who were killed<\/a> last week in a coalition air attack.<\/p>\n

Two Russian health workers were injured in the same attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Family, friends and neighbours carried the coffins into the mosque to perform the last Islamic prayers.<\/p>\n

“My four siblings were killed,” said\u00a0Osamah al-Surmi.”M<\/span>y sister Siham, my brothers Abdulrahman, Khaled and Wasim. My father and I are the only survivors. We’re here to bury them. Our home is destroyed.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yemen<\/a>‘s four-year conflict has triggered what the United Nations<\/a> terms the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with over 24 million people, more than two-thirds of the population, in need of aid.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
\n Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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