A Saudi-led coalition on Saturday blamed “wrong information” for the bombing last weekend of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital that killed at least 140 people and wounded about 600. The investigative team, which includes 13 representatives from different members of the coalition, has investigated eight airstrikes that killed civilians. That attack killed and wounded scores of people. The U.S.-backed coalition, which views the Houthis as an Iranian proxy, had come under mounting pressure to investigate the funeral hall bombing. In response, the U.S. destroyed three radar installations in Houthi-controlled ports near the strait of Bab al Mandab on Thursday, in the first direct U.S. involvement in Yemen's war.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 16, 2016 01:01 UTC