The alleged air strike would add to a growing list of civilian casualties in Yemen, blamed on the Saudi-led coalition. At least nine people were killed in a Saudi-led coalition bombardment on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa earlier this month.
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“Before the end of July, the casualties were mostly attributable to the Houthis, whereas in the past week they have been mostly attributable to the coalition’s air strikes”.
RT Arabic reports citing local sources that the strike happened at 8 am local time as children were taking their exams.
The airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that hit a hospital in Yemen on Monday can be considered a war crime, Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Program Deputy Director said in a statement.
“All were under 15 years old”, the medical aid group said on its official Twitter account.
Assiri said MSF’s toll “confirms the Huthis’ practice of recruiting and subjecting children to terror”.
According to the constitution, more than 150 lawmakers must be present for voting to take place.
The UN says that more than 6,400 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Yemen since fighting escalated in March a year ago.
In Saudi Arabia, the civil defense agency announced that five foreign residents were wounded in shelling from Yemen Saturday in the Jazan border region, without giving their nationalities.
Also in the Debate program, Millett said the United Nations report put the blame on both sides of the conflict in Yemen for civilian deaths, claiming that the Saudis are retaliating cross border attacks, which are being carried out by the Houthi fighters.
Days after the Obama administration approved a major arms sale agreement to Saudi Arabia, Republican senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is considering blocking the move, citing objections to the country’s human rights record and a possible regional arms race.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been launching deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
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But the kingdom was swiftly removed from the list after protesting, prompting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to publicly tell journalists that he had faced “undue pressure” from the Saudis.
