32 Killed in Saudi coalition airstrikes in Yemen (Lead)

Sanaa Dec 26 (IANS) At least 32 people including women and children were killed Monday in airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led Arab coalition near the Yemeni capital and in the provinces of al-Hudaydah and Damar.

Eleven died in the town of Aser near Sanaa eyewitnesses told Efe.

The bombs destroyed a house located behind the town s Egyptian Cemetery killing nine people inside as well as two passers-by according to the witnesses.

Al Masira television controlled by Houthi rebels reported that nine people were killed in two airstrikes that targeted a bus in al-Jerahi a town in the western province of al-Hudaydah.

The attack took place near the area of Hais a battleground between the rebels and forces fighting on behalf of deposed Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.

Saba news agency which is also in rebel hands said that eight other civilians perished when bombs fell on a farm in al-Hudaydah.

Four people were killed and 55 others wounded in airstrikes at a customs headquarters in Damar province Saba reported.

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