A retaliatory strike by Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Yemen's Houthi rebels in the capital of Sana'a kills 20 including some civilians.
The strike followed an attack claimed by the Houthis on Abu Dhabifollowed an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on MondayThe attack on two sites in Abu Dhabi set off explosions in fuel trucks and ignited a blaze near Abu Dhabi airport.
In response, the UAE said it reserved the right to respond to "terrorist attacks and criminal escalation".Early on Tuesday, the coalition said it had begun air strikes against strongholds and camps in Sana'a belonging to the Houthi group, Saudi state media said. Houthi media said a strike targeted the home of Houthi military official Abdullah Qassim al-Junaid, the former head of the Houthis' aviation college. The strike killed him, his wife, his 25-year-old son, other family members and other unidentified people, according to residents and a medical source.At the scene of the strike, Ahmad al-Ahdal said his uncle's house was hit after the strike on Junaid's home."We have been unable to find him since then."Junaid was among over 170 Houthi officials sentenced to death by firing squad in August by a court in the province of Marib, which remains under the control of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government. The court found the defendants, most of whom were tried in absentia, guilty of staging a military coup and committing war crimes, state media reported at the time. The UAE armed and trained Yemeni forces that recently joined fighting against the Houthis in Yemen's energy-producing regions of Shabwa and Marib.The war has killed 130,000 people in Yemen, and has
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