Arab coalition airstrikes kill 10 civilians in Yemen's Ibb city

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed 10 residents on early Sunday morning in Yemen's southern Ibb province, officials, medics and residents said.

Yemen's official Saba news agency reported that a total of 10 residents were killed and nine others wounded in the airstrikes on residential neighborhood of Maffrak Jibla in downtown Ibb provincial capital city.

An official medic of Ibb's government-run al-Thawra hospital confirmed to Xinhua the toll, saying the 10 dead included women, children and teenagers.

Residents said the airstrikes targeted residential buildings in the area at dawn.

"There is no military, no security, no government and nor even rebels' establishment here...here only poor residents," resident Mohamed Kasim spoke to Xinhua by phone.

It was the latest in a series of airstrikes against civilians in Yemen.

On Wednesday, the coalition airstrikes killed 25 civilians when they hit a residential quarter and nearby souk.

The Houthis seized Ibb and half of the country's north in 2014, forcing internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee into exile.

The move triggered a military airforce intervention by the Saudi-led coalition in March 2015, to fight back the rebels and restore Hadi and his government to the capital Sanaa.

The Houthis are still in full control of most northern cities despite the intensified 19-month war.

The outbreak of war prompted foreign countries to close their embassies and evacuate the staff.

The war has since killed over 10,000 people, mostly civilians, injured about 35,000 others and displaced over three million, according to statistics from humanitarian agencies.

Source : XINHUA