Air strike near Yemeni refugee camp kills 21, say humanitarian workers
An air strike killed at least 21 people in the vicinity of the Mazraq refugee camp in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen on Monday, humanitarian workers told Reuters.
One official said the strike had hit a truck full of Houthi militiamen at the gate to the camp, killing nine residents, two camp guards and an unknown number of fighters. Another worker put the death toll at 21.The Houthi-controlled Defence Ministry put the death toll at 40, including women and children. In a statement on its website, it said another 250 people had been wounded. A Saudi-led coalition is bombing Iranian-allied Houthi militiamen and military units fighting alongside them as they advance south towards the port city of Aden, the last bastion of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
