Fresh air strikes kill 15 in Yemen

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SANAA: As many as 15 people were killed while several other were wounded on Saturday following the air strikes by Arab forces.

The dead included five women and two children in attacks on Saada and Marib provinces, the agency said.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition has been bombarding Houthi rebels and allied army units since March 26 in a campaign to restore exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power.

More than 2,800 people have been killed since March 26. The United Nations says more than 21 million people, or 80 percent of the population, are now estimated to be in need of some form of humanitarian aid, or protection, or both.