The UN has condemned an airstrike on a detention centre in northern Yemen as the death toll rose to more than 80. The airstrike in the rebel-held Sa’ada province on Friday morning followed a Houthi drone attack on the United Arab Emirates on Monday that killed three people. It marks an intensification of violence in the seven-year civil war between the government, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, and the Iranian-backed rebels. The Saudi-led coalition denied reports that it had bombed the prison in a statement on Saturday morning. MSF’s head of mission in Yemen, Ahmed Mahat, said: “There are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2022 14:10 UTC