30 dead as air strike hits hotel in Yemen

  • 23/08/2017
30 people were killed in an air strike that hit a hotel in Yemen.
30 people were killed in an air strike that hit a hotel in Yemen. Photo credit: Getty

At least 30 people have been killed in an air strike that hit a hotel north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the armed Houthi movement says.

Al Jazeera television said dozens of people were killed and wounded in Wednesday's attack in the Arhab area.

A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, which is fighting the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen, was not immediately available for comment. Reuters was not immediately able to independently confirm the reports.

The Houthis, who control Sanaa and northern Yemen, are fighting the internationally recognised government which is backed by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the country's civil war.

Reuters