Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 20 Yemeni civilians

Witnesses and officials in Yemen say a Saudi-led airstrike hit a public bus on a highway north of the southern city of Aden, splitting the vehicle in half and killing at least 20 civilian passengers.

They said today that airstrikes also hit a family traveling in a private car and a farmer driving a pick-up truck loaded with potatoes, also near Aden, over the last 48 hours.

A senior military official running an operations room in Aden allied with the Saudi-led coalition said he complained to the Saudis about the incidents. The officials and witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
 

Iranian-backed Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, seized the Yemeni capital last year. The US-backed coalition began targeting them with airstrikes on March 26.